title: Robert Hendrickson (director)
text: # Robert Hendrickson (director)
  
  Robert Hendrickson (17 September 1944 – 1 October 2016) was an American documentary filmmaker.
  
  ## Manson
  
  He was known as the co-director of the Oscar nominated documentary Manson about the "Manson Family" which he directed together with partner Laurence Merrick.
  
  ## Career
  
  He authored the book Death to Pigs and also directed the films Close Shave (1979) and Inside the Manson Gang (2007).
  
  ## Death
  
  His last public appearance was at the August 9, 2016 showing of his documentary at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles. He died on October 1, 2016.
  
  