Robert Gardner, a colorful ... Gardner published the first of his two books, “The Art of Body Surfing,” in 1972. It was about the avocation he had pursued from boyhood. Also a board surfer ...

Robert G. Gardner, an internationally known filmmaker ... and held a variety of positions in academia. He wrote numerous books, including accounts of the making of his films and “The Impulse ...

That was in his work and in his nature.” In an interview with Ilisa Barbash that was reprinted in “The Cinema of Robert Gardner,” a 2007 book, Mr. Gardner took stock of a career still in ...