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Roger M. Sherman (born June 26, 1951) is an American filmmaker – a cinematographer, director, producer, still photographer, and author best known for his work in documentary cinema. He is a founder of Florentine Films. His most widely recognized documentaries are ''Alexander Calder'' (1998), ''Richard Rogers: The Sweetest Sounds'' (2001), ''Don't Divorce the Children'' (1989), ''Medal of Honor'' (2008), ''The Restaurateur'' (2010), ''Zapruder and Stolley: Witness to an Assassination'' (2011), his upcoming two-hour PBS special, ''The Search for Israeli Cuisine'', ''The Rhythm of My Soul'' (2006), and ''The American Brew'' (2007). Sherman's films have won an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, and two Academy Award nominations, among other honors. ==Early life and education== Sherman was born at the Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital in New York City on June 26, 1951 to mother, Ray Morris Sherman and father, Lee Sherman (both deceased). He is the second of three sons. Ray founded a day camp for learning disabled children in Westchester that she ran as a volunteer for over a decade, and Lee was in the women's all-weather coat business. Roger attended Hunter College Elementary school until age seven when his family moved to Scarsdale, New York. Roger graduated from Scarsdale High School in 1969. He attended Union College (1969-1971), majoring in political science and experimental education, played freshman soccer, and spent a semester in Bogotá, Columbia where he studied Spanish. Roger left Union and went to Denmark for his junior year abroad at The University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He studied architecture and history that fall and moved to Val d'Isere, France, where he worked that winter at a hotel at the base of La Daille lift and a restaurant on top of the mountain. After returning from his year abroad, Roger attended Hampshire College, in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he graduated in 1975 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in film and photography. Roger now lives in New York City with his wife, Dorothy Kalins, founding editor-in-chief of (Metropolitan Home ) magazine, founding editor-in-chief of Saveur Magazine (1994-2001), executive editor of Newsweek Magazine (2001-2006). She is director of her company, Dorothy Kalins Ink, LLC, which she founded in 2006. They have a son, Lincoln Sherman; born February 21, 1993, a step-daughter, Sandrine Lago, married to Lewis Fowler, and a grandson, Lancaster (Aster) Lago Fowler, b March 2, 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roger Sherman (filmmaker)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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