Bio
Robert H. Lieberman is presently engaged in two major film projects:
“Echoes Of The Empire — Beyond Genghis Khan”, the third in a trilogy film providing a novelist's unique view of an unknown land.
“The Nazis, My Father & Me” Working with 5-time Academy Award nominated producer Didier Brunner, the “Godfather” of French animation, Lieberman has just completed the screenplay adaptation of his new novel of the same name. This major animated feature is schedule to go into production in late 2020.
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Other films he has directed include:
“Angkor Awakens — A Portrait of Cambodia” a feature documentary named a New York Times Critic's Pick, a psychological examination of the country’s psyche, its turbulent history and present day reality.
“They Call It Myanmar,” a New York Times Critics’ Pick and named a top documentary of 2012 by Chicago Times critic Roger Ebert, it features Nobel Prize
winner Aung San Suu Kyi.
“Green Lights,” a feature comedy which Variety cited as “Spectacular funny. Green
Lights is one of those great absurd movies-within-movies”
“Last Stop Kew Gardens” Broadcast on PBS, it’s the tale of the “Americanized” kids of
Holocaust survivors.
“Faces In A Famine” shot during the height of the Ethiopian Famine, it was broadcast
nationally on PBS.
“Boyceball” follows a piece of choreography from conception to performance.
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For over a half century Robert H. Lieberman has been writing critically acclaimed novels, including the best-sellers “Paradise Rezoned” and “Baby.”
Lieberman, a long time member of the Cornell University Physics faculty, is the recipient of the John M. and Emily B. Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching. He has been awarded a series of Fulbright Lectureships and Senior Specialist posts in Europe and Southeast Asia.
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