Robert Downey Sr.

Writer and director Robert Downey Sr.'s anti-establishment ethos and experimental streak would go on to influence a new generation of filmmakers, including directors like Paul Thomas Anderson and Jim Jarmusch.

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Robert Downey Sr., Director of Experimental American Movies, Dies At Age 85

6:15pm July 09, 2021

Downey Sr., who wrote and directed the 1969 film Putney Swope, died Wednesday in his home from complications due to Parkinson's disease.