NEW Mailing Address:
Robert Todd
c/o Emerson College
120 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116

Nice people are helping me to compress films so you can view them in their tiny entirety - click on the main photo on a film's page to PLAY it - should be ready in a few weeks...

Coming Soon:

"ANTE CHAMBER" - The "Spirit House" series continues with another film that explores spaces meant to inspire spiritual reflection.I'll be making a new page for this soon.

"DEEP SPACE" is a simple (4-minute) film about listening, but it may be incorporated into the larger series as a piece of another film....

"Spectral Cycle" the introduction of color into a blackandwhite world.

I will likely make it to the sea again, or to the land, or both, to fill the series out.

New Releases:
2007

"Spirit House" (16mm, 10:45) - what can "house" a spirit, and what kind of "spirit" is it that can inhabit something? AND...

"Nest" (16mm from Super8, 5:45) is a fluid river of a piece, around and through, yet taking us to the heart of things. I don't have a 16mm print of this one yet, should be set by May1.

"Creation Myth" chromatic evolution of spirit through the placement of the body without and within our sights.

"DIG" 16mm singles: Street Markings have their way with me.

"RING" 16mm - 10:35 continuing the thread of organic light that calls us to our senses. This is an ongoing exploration...

"21 Alleys " (8:45) 16mm - descriptions of a neighborhood and its limitations. This film will be finished by 8/1

"Cabinet" (12:00) 16mm - movements from and to the seen through the seer.

"Office Suite " (16:00) 16mm - brings light into darkness, pulls darkness out of the light.

"Neighbors" (3:30) - HD video - -----a day-to-night cycle romanticized.

SEPARATELY (on their own DVDs):

"MOM & POP SHOP" is the new incarnation of RISING TIDE. It's 50 minutes long (video), and we're looking for broadcast distribution.

FOR MORE INFO on the film you can find stills, a SHORT description (and soon there'll be a clip) on my own page for the film (RISING TIDE), and for a longer description and more on publicity, go to Michael's site, www.crackanegg.com

"Our Former Glory" is on the Collectif Jeune Cinema's 1st Volume DVD "Different Cinema", recently released by LoWave (paris), and through BlackChair/Microcinema.

"In Loving Memory" I have preview copies available (VHS and DVD), currently subtitled in English and Spanish.

I am looking for people to help with distribution on this, so if anyone has suggestions about people who might be excited about helping with the distribution of this film that highlights the humanity of death-row inmates through presenting their happy memories and positive actions, I'd really appreciate it - have them contact me through the site...

In Production:

"Maximum"

A simple comparitive view of maximum security correctional facilities in most (if not all) of the continental US.By the end of August '03, I will have filmed such major institutions in 34 of the 48 states, with most of the others likely to follow by January '04 .

OFFICE SUITE and NEIGHBORS will play at the New York Underground Film Festival in April of 2008

DIG will be part of the Black Maria Film and Video Festival in 2008 - evening of THURSDAY MARCH 27 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Interplay, Dig and 21 Alleys will be part of the $100 Film Festival in Calgary in Mid March

Office Suite and Dig have been invited to the Hong Kong International Film Festival in late March, early April

Neighbors with premier at the Boston Underground Film Festival, March 26

DIG will pay at the Nashville Film Festival in April

RING will premier at the Images Festival in Toronto in early April

In Loving Memory will be playing at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago on April 17 in a program called "You Don't Remember the Time You Do: Moments in the Lives of Prisoners"

Previous Screenings:

San FRansisco Cinematheque, San Fransisco, CA, (2/08)
CArpenter Center, HArvard University, Cambridge, MA (02/08)
Media City, WIndsor Ontario, 3/08
T.I.E. via D.N.Montreal, Quebec, (11/07) AFI Film Festival, Los Angeles,CA (11/07) New York Film Festival, 10/07
Anti-matter Festival, Victoria,BC 9/07 Onion City Festival, Chicago, IL (6;07) Images Festival,Toronto, ONT (4/07)
San Francisco Int'l Film Fest,(5/07)
Media City Festival, Windsor, ONT (2/07) Rotterdam Int'l. Film Festival, NL (1/07) SNOB filmfestival, Concord, NH (11/06) Cinematheque Ontario, Toronto (11/06) Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal, Quebec (11/06)
FLEX, Gainesville, FL (11/06)
Vermont International Film Vestival, (10/06)
Antimatter Festival, Victoria, BC (9/06) Milwaukeee Underground Fest, (5/06) Athens Film Festivel, Athens, OH (5/06) Boston Independent Film Festival Images, Toronto, ONT (4/06)
Humboldt Film Festival, Arcata, CA (4/06)
Iowa City Documentary Film Festival, Iowa City, IA (4/06)
Boston Independent Film Festival, Boston, MA (4/06)
Big Muddy Film Festival (3/06), Carbondale, IL Black Maria Film Festival (3/06)
$100 Film Festival, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (3/06)
Ohio Independent Film Awards, Cleveland, OH (3/06)
New York Underground Film Festival, New York, NY (3/06)
Media City12, Windsor, Ontario (3/06)
Rotterdam International Fest (1/06) Slamdance Film Festival (1/06)
Bilbao Short & Doc. Fest (12/05)
Dhaka Int'l. Film Fest (12/05)
Vermont Film Festival , (10/05)
TIE, Denver, Colorado, (9/05)
Antimatter, Victoria, BC (9/05)
Chicago Underground FIlm Fest(8/05) Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, (8/05) Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston Westchester Int'l. F&V Festvial (3/05)
Ann Arbor Film Festival (3/05)
New York Underground FF (3/05)
Media City, Windsor, ONT (2/05)
San Fransisco Art Institute, (1/29)
Rio DeJaneiro Short Film Festival(12/04)
Echo Park Film Center, LA, CA (11/04)
FLEX, Gainesville,FL (10/04)
New England Film Fest, Brookline, MA (10/04)
NewYorkFilmFestival (10/04)
Movies Live Sndtrx, Brookline (9/04)
AntiMatter Film Fest, VIctoria, BC (9/04) Onion City Film Fest, Chicago, IL(9/04) CableCar Cinema, Providence, (7/04)
Slamdance Online, "Happy Peppy" (6/04)
Athens Film Festival, Athens, OH(5/04)
Humboldt Film Festival, Arcata, CA (4/04)
Busan Asian Short Film Festival, Korea (5/04)
Images Festival, Toronto, ONT (4/04)
Nashville Film Festival, Nashville, TN (5/04)
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan (3/04)
NY Underground, NYC (3/04)
Nemo 6, Paris France, (3/04
Cinema La Clef, Paris,(3/04)
AntiMatter, Victoria, BC (9/17...)
Mill Valley Film Festival, CA (10/2-10/12)
Chicago Underground Film Festival,(8/03)
Utah Short Film and Video Festival, Salt Lake City, UT (5/03)
Santa Cruz Film Festival, Sant Cruz, CA (5/03) Athens Int'l Film & Video Festival,OH (4/03)
Nashville Independent Film Festival,(4/03)
Kindred Int'l Film Fest, Jefferson City, MO (3/03)
Thaw 2003, Iowa City, IA (4/03)
Humboldt Int'l Film Festival, Arcata, CA (4/03)
Images 2003, Toronto, Ontario (4/03)
Cucalorus Film Fest, Wilmington, NC (3/03)
Big Muddy Film Festival (3/03)
Ann Arbor Film Festival (3/03)
New York Underground Film Festival (3/03)
New England Film and Video Festival (3/03)
Rotterdam Int'l Film Festival, NL (1/03)
MicroCinema Int'l, Touring from Portland, OR (1/03)
Onion City Film Festival, Chicago, IL (11/02)
Ohio Independent Film Market (11/02)
Mass Art Film Society, Boston, MA (9/11/02)
Convergence Film Festival, Providence, RI (9/02)
Philadelphia International Film Festival, Phil., PA (7/02)
DirtPalace, Providence, RI (7/02)>
Athens International Film & Video Festival, Athens, OH (4/02)
Thaw '02, Iowa City, IA (4/02) 65/380
Nashville Independent Film Festival, Nashville, TN (6/02) 120/1030
Crossroads Film Festival, Jackson, MS (4/02)
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI (3/02) 140/440
XX International Film Festival of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay (3/02)
Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL (3/02)
Images 2002, Toronto, Ontario (4/02)
Boston Underground Film Festival, Boston, MA (2/02)
New York Underground Film Festival, New York, NY (3/02)
South by Southwest, Austin , TX (3/02)
Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, NC (3/02)
New England Film Festival, Boston, MA (3/02)
US Super8 and Digital Video Festival, Rutgers, NJ (2/02)
Black Maria Film and Video Festival (2/02)
3rd Festival of Cinemas Different, Paris, France
LoudLight, Berwick Center for Research, Roxbury, MA (12/01)
New Boston Artists, Burgess Building, Providence, RI (12/01)
Master's Screening, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA (12/01)
Screenings (continued)
New York Film Expo, NYC, (12/01)
Ohio Independent Film Festival, (11/01)
London Film Festival, (11/01)
Coolidge Corner Theatre (solo show), Brookline, MA (10/01)
MicroCineFest, Baltimore, MD (10/01)
Impakt 2001, Utrecht, NL (10/01)
Seattle Underground Film Festival (10/01)
Chicago Underground Film Festival (8/01)
UFVA Conference, Juried Screenings, Formal Screening , Rochester, NY (8/01)
Fort Thunder, Providence, RI (5/01)
Balagan, Brookline, MA (5/01)
Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL (2/01)
Cleveland International Film Festival, Cleveland, IL (3/01)
Images 2001, Toronto, ONT (4/01)
THAW, Iowa City, IA (3/01)
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI, (3/01)
Masters/Video Balagan, Coolidge Corner Theatre (12/00)
Images 2000, Toronto, ONT (4/00)
Boston Shorts, Brookline,MA (4/00)
Boston Underground Festival, Boston, MA (4/00)
Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL (3/00)
Utah Film Festival, UT (1/00)
Bangkok Experimental Film Festival, Bangkok, Thailand (12/99)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (9/99)
Films in the Garden, Somerville, MA (8/99)
Views from the Avant Garde, SMFA, Boston MA (6/99)
New England Film Festival, Boston, MA (4/99)
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI (3/99)
Mass Film Society, Boston,MA (11/98)
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge, MA (7/98)
Phoenix Landing, Cambridge, MA (5/98)
Emerson College, Boston,MA (3/98)
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA (3/98)
White Elephant Gallery, Boston, MA (11/97)
Phoenix Landing, Cambridge, MA (11/97)
International Surrealist Film Festival, Norwalk, CT (11/97)
Woods Hole Film Festival, Woods Hole,MA (6/97)
Rochester International Film Festival, Rochester, NY (Hon.Men. Awrd.)
Boston Architectural Center (4/97), Boston, MA
Revolving Museum (4/97), Boston, MA
Coolidge Corner Theatre (3/96), Brookline, MA
Phoenix Coffeehouse (3/96), Cambridge, MA
Mobius (3/96), Boston, MA
Milenium Film Archive (12/95) New York, NY
Kingston Gallery (9/95), Boston, MA
88 Room (2/95) Allston, MA
Coolidge Corner Theatre (2/95) Brookline, MA
Museum of Fine Arts (5/93) Boston, MA
Eclectica, Kingston Gallery (4/93) Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts (5/92) Boston, MA
Milenium Film Archive (6/91) New York, NY
Boston University Film/Video Festival (3/88) Boston, MA

Grants/Awards/Fellowships

Grants/Awards/Fellowships
2006 Iowa City Documentary Film Festival, Film Award
2006 Humboldt Film Festival – Emerging Genres Award for Experimental Documentary, Arcata, CA
2006 Ohio Independent Film Awards – Oscar Finalist, Cleveland, OH
2005 Silver Award for Documentary, Zinebi, Bilbao, Spain
2005 Finalist, Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Awards
2005 Honorable Mention, Rochester International Film Festival
2004 Second Prize, FLEX ’04 (Gainesville, FL)
2004 Honorable Mention for Documentary, Humboldt Film Festival
2004 San Fransisco Art Institute, Juror’s Choice Award
2004 Black Maria Director’s Choice
2003 NY Expo of Short Film & Video, Silver Award
2003 LEF Production Award, LEF Foundation
2003 Juror's Choice Awards (2), Humboldt Film Festival
2003 RGB Awards: Green Prize, Thaw Õ03
2003 Faculty Excellence Award, Emerson College
2003 Honorable Mention, Ann Arbor Film Festival
2003 Director's Citation, Black Maria Film Festival
2003 Best Independent Experimental Film, NEFVF
2003 Faculty Development Award, Emerson College
2002 Best Experimental Film, Convergence Film Festival
2002 Best Cinematography, Boston Underground Film Festival
2002 US Super 8 Film & Digital Video Fest, Best Experimental Award
2002 Ohio Independent Film Festival Oscar Award Nomination
2002 2nd in Festival: Black Maria Film and Video Festival
2001 Grand Jury Award: Best Experimental Film, MicroCineFest
2001 Jury Award, NY Film Expo
2001 UFVA Merit Award
2000 Big Muddy Film Festival 2nd of Show Award
2000 Utah Film Festival Best Documentary Award
1999 School of the Museum of Fine Arts Travelling Scholars Fellowship
1999 New England Film Festival Director's Choice Award
1999 Ann Arbor Film Festival Old Peculiar Award
1997 Rochester International Film Festival, Honorable Mention Award
1992 Kodak Development Award
1988 Recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Fellowship Award

Rob's Films (by date)

"Qulaities of Stone " , R.Todd (11:00) 16mm Film 2006
"Mom & Pop Shop " , R.Todd and M. Dwyer,Dir.(48min) video 2006
"Evergreen", R.Todd ,Dir.(15min) 16mm Film 2005
"In Loving Memory " , R.Todd ,Dir.(47min) 16mm Film 2005
"Rising Tide " , R.Todd and M. Dwyer,Dir.(24min) 16mm Film 2004
"Flowergirls" , R.Todd,Dir.(14min) 16mm Film (from Super8) 2004
"Swing" , R.Todd,Dir.(17min) DV 2004
"Thunder" , R.Todd,Dir.(11min) 16mm Film 2004
"Stable" , R.Todd,Dir.(7min) 16mm Film 2003
"Latent", R.Todd & P.Miller, co-dir.'s (3min) 16mm from Super8 2003
"Watch" Film & Video Portraits of Konrad and Ursula Brzezinski, 2003
Film Version, 16mm (6:00), Video Version, DVD (12:30)
"Trauma Victim", R.Todd,Dir.(17min) 16mm Film 2002
"Happy, Peppy, Sparky Doggy" , R.Todd,Dir.(2.5min) 16mm Film 2002
"Our Former Glory", R. Todd, Dir. (9 min) 16mm 2002
"Clam Up" , R.Todd,Dir.(3.5min) 16mm Film 2001
"Clip", R.Todd,Dir.(3min) 16mm Film 2001
"Wait", R.Todd,Dir.(7.5min) 16mm Film 2000
"Timber",R.Todd/J.Carter,Dir.s(4min.) 16mm Film 1999
"Fable: I want the world, clean", R.Todd,Dir.(15min.) 16mm Film 1999
"Fisherman", R.Todd, Dir. (6min) 16mm Film 1998
"Speak", R.Todd, Dir. (7.5min) 16mm Film 1997
"Meditations:Sublime Matter", R. Todd, Dir. (24:oo) 16mm Film 1997 "Forgotten Time, version 2", R.Todd Dir. (8:30) 16mm Film 1995
"Family History" , R.Todd Dir. (6:30) 16mm Film 1995
"The Telltale Heart", R. Todd Dir. (20:00) 16mm Film 1995
"Expatriot" , R. Todd Dir. (16:00) Super 8Film 1995
"Family Voices", R. Todd Dir. (26:00) Video 1994
"Lost Satellite", R. Todd Dir. (11;20) 16mm Film 1993
"Shut Up" R.Todd Dir. (3:00) Super 8 Film with Lucy Vail 1992
"100 Seconds on Art: Votive Ship" , R.Todd,S.Shoobe,T. Guglielmo Directo 1992
(1:40) Video (Produced by Judith Wechsler at and for the Louvre Museum)
"Happy, Peppy, Sparky Doggie", R.Todd Dir. (3:00) Super 8 Film 1992
"Meditations" R.Todd Dir. (6:30) Super 8 Film 1992
"Forgotten Time" R.Todd Dir. (7:50) Super 8 Film 1991
"Radio Therapy", R.Todd Dir. (12:50) Super 8 Film 1990
"Decomposition" R.Todd Dir. (1:45) Video 1990

Stuff I've helped Make

"Extreme Engineering", (Discovery chann.) Sarah Holt, Prod. 1hr. Sound Edit
"Touched", Laurel Chiton, (Ind.) Prod. 1hr. Sound Edit
"Venice is Sinking", (Nova) Julia Cort, Prod. 1hr. Sound Edit and Assist
"Dear Pam", John Scott/ Karen Rodriguez, Prod. OnLine edit, consultant
"Caves", Sarah Holt, prod. (1hr.) sound edit and post
"Some Kind of Funny Puerto Rican", Claire Andrade Watkins, prod. (?)
"My Father, the Genius", Lucia Small, prod. (85min.) Sound Edit
"Puncture Wounds", J.Gianvito, prod. (10 min. ) Edit
"Tupperware", Lori Kahn-Leavitt, prod.(1hr.) Archival Advisor
"The Smokeless Cigarette", Carl Carleson, prod. (1 hr.) Post-Super/Sound Edit
"18 Ways to Make a Baby", Sarah Holt, prod. (1 hr. ) Post-Super/Sound Edit
"Firewomen", J. Capron/J.Sahula, producers (1hr.) Sound Edit, Mix
"Shackelton", Sarah Holt, prod. (1 hr. ) Post-Super/Sound Edit
"Freedom Faith (episode 4)", Alice Markowitz, Prod. (1hr.) Sound Edit
"Silence", Vanessa O'Neill, Prod. (13min.) Sound Design, Mix
"Doctors: The Tatooed Surgeon", Dick Bartlett, Edti. (1hr.) Sound Edit
"Vanished", Sarah Holt, Prod. (1hr.) Sound Edit
"Japan's Secret Garden", Marty Lowe, Prod. (1hr.) 2nd Edit, Sound Editor
"The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein", J. Gianvito(160min.):Edit/Sound Edit
"Building Big: Skyscrapers", Joe MacMaster, Prod. (1hr.) Sound Editor, Post Coord.
"Gameboy", Emerson College, Prod.(4min.) Director, Editor
"Always a Bridesmaid", Nina Davenport, Prod. (83min.) Sound Edit& Post Super.
"Bleriot", WGBH (52min.) Sound Edit
"Testament", Lauren Ivy Chiong,Dir. 20min. Editor
"International Space Station", Chris Schmidt, Edit 1hr., Sound and Assist.
"the Trillion Dollar Bet", Sarah Holt, Prod. 1 hr. Sound and Assist.
"Mysteries of Ancient Empires: Trebuchet, Obelisk", NOVA 2 hrs.: Sound Editor
"Daumier: Man of His Time", Musee D'Orsay,etc. J.Wechsler, Prod.53min:Editor
"Rockefeller", Sarah Holt/Elizabeth Deans, Prod.s 2hrs. Sound and Assist.
"Adolphe Braun", RISD Museum, J. Wechsler, prod. 20min: Editor
"MacArthur", WGBH,Sarah Holt, Prod. 4hrs. Sound Editor&PostSupervisor
"IceMan", NOVA, 3 hours, Sound Edit
"A Science Odyssey", WGBH Producers, 10 hours,series, Editor and Sound Editor
"Raise the Dead " James Rutenbeck, Dir. (56:oo) 16mm Film : Editor
"Math at Work", Elizabeth Gallagher, Prod. (75 hours) Video : Editor
"Ali" , & "Geraldo" spots (series) SMASH Advertising, (:30) Video : Editor
"Running Mate", Ted Bogosian. Prod. (60:oo) Video : Editorial Assistant
"Bushwick", Richard Broadman, Dir. (60:oo) 16mm Film: Editorial Assistant
"The Riddle", Evan Brenner, Dir. (100:oo) 35mm Film : Music
"Never Met Picasso" (85:oo) 16mm Film : Art Director
"Phoneboy", J. Smith,Dir. (80:oo) 16mm Film : Sound
"New Nation", Michael Chaney,Dir. (85:oo) 16mm Film : Prod. Sound/Lighting
"Medicine Wheel Animation Festival" ,Bill Jarcho,Dir.(2:oo)Music/Sound Design
"Tranquility Base", Jonas Goldstein, Dir. (30:oo) 16mm Film: Production Design
"Battle for Monique", L. Wilson Dir. (17:50) 16mm Film: 2nd Sound, Sound Editor
"Rosalie From Across the Road", M.Ross, Dir. (22:oo) 16mm Film: Production Sound
"Santa's Helper", Lucy Vail, Dir. (20:oo) 16mm Film: Sound Design
"Venus Highway", R. Broadman Dir. (21:00) 16mm Film : Sound, Mix Consultant
"Venus & Adonis", Judith Wechsler Dir.(20:00) 16mm : Asst. Editor, Sound Editor
"AHAB" , M.Ross Dir. (16:00) 16mm Film & Video : Lead Actor, Editor, Sound Edit
"MedeaFilm" R.Rutkowski, Dir. (20:00) 16mm Film : Art Direction