Robert H. Lieberman Video | Clips from Films Directed and Interviews

Robert H. Lieberman is a novelist, film director, and a long-time member of the Physics faculty at Cornell University. Initially he came to Cornell to study to be a veterinarian, but ended up becoming an electrical engineer and doing research in neurophysiology. He has also been professor of mathematics, engineering and the physical sciences and was recently awarded the John M. and Emily B. Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching at Cornell University. Lieberman has two grown sons, Zorba Lieberman and Boris Lieberman. Most of his novels, though fast paced and entertaining, contain serious... MORE

Robert H. Lieberman is a novelist, film director, and a long-time member of the Physics faculty at Cornell University. Initially he came to Cornell to study to be a veterinarian, but ended up becoming an electrical engineer and doing research in neurophysiology. He has also been professor of mathematics, engineering and the physical sciences and was recently awarded the John M. and Emily B. Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching at Cornell University. Lieberman has two grown sons, Zorba Lieberman and Boris Lieberman. Most of his novels, though fast paced and entertaining, contain serious underlying social themes. Many of Lieberman’s novels appear to be set in Ithaca, New York, where he continues to live on a 135-acre (0.55 km) farm. His films also use Ithaca, either for setting, detail, or theme. The feature comedy Green Lights, which he wrote and directed, is the story of a small town swept up into a frenzy by a location scout who is taken for a big film producer. His film Last Stop Kew Gardens is a personal exploration in which he returns to the “small town” within the city of Queens, New York, where he was raised, the child of refugees from Hitler’s Vienna. In Faces in a Famine LESS