Robert Breer was born on September 30, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for What Goes Up (2003), Fuji (1974) and For Life, Against the War (1967). He was married to Kate Flax. He died on August 11, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
His father, Carl, an automotive engineer who designed the Chrysler Airflow, also invented a personal 3-D camera that he used to document family vacations.
Attended Stanford University, where he switched from engineering to art, heavily influenced by the work of abstract artist Piet Mondrian. After graduating in 1949, he moved to Paris.
Returned to the U.S. in 1959 and began collaborating with Pop artists like Claes Oldenburg. Later taught film at NYC's Cooper Union for for 30 years.
In all my work I tried to amaze myself with something, and the only way you can amaze yourself is to create a situation in which an accident can happen.