Robert Todd (filmmaker)

Robert Todd (born 1963) is a Boston-based American filmmaker, known primarily for his short poetic experimental films. He teaches film production at Emerson College.^[1] His films have screened at international film festivals including The Rotterdam International Film Festival,^[2] The New York Film Festival,^[3] The Ann Arbor Film Festival,^[4] Media City Festival,^[5] and others.

Films

Todd has worked in a variety of genres and methods, including fiction drama, traditional documentary, creative non-fiction, lyrical abstraction, and structural experimentation. His films are often compared to those of such lyrical filmmakers as Nathaniel Dorsky and Peter Hutton.^[6] They have been described as intimate and deeply personal works.^[7]

Since 1999 he has been working nearly exclusively in 16mm.^[8] In addition to his short films, he has produced several long format documentary works, including In Loving Memory (2005), on the subject of the Death Penalty,^[9] and Master Plan (2011) which links incarceration with general issues of housing in America.^[10] In the past few years he has been exhibiting works in expanded cinema contexts, creating works for performance with musicians at various festivals and other venues.^[11]

Awards

He has received grants and awards from various festivals and foundations, including the LEF Foundation,^[12] The Brother Thomas Award^[13] from The Boston Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

References

1. College, Emerson. "Faculty". http://www.emerson.edu/academics/faculty-guide/profile/robert-todd/363. Emerson College. Retrieved 9 June 2014. External link in |website= (help)
2. Rotterdam, International Film Festival. "Persons: Robert Todd". https://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/persons/robert-todd/. International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 9 June 2014. External link in |website= (help)
3. Film Festival, New York. "Views from The Avant Garde Program". http://www.filmlinc.com/films/on-sale/the-red-and-the-black. Film Society of Lincoln Center. Retrieved 9 June 2014. External link in |website= (help)
4. Film Festival, Ann Arbor. "Ann Arbor Film Festival Catalogue". http://aafilmfest.org/50/people/robert_todd/. Ann Arbor Film Fesitval. Retrieved 9 June 2014. External link in |website= (help)
5. Film Festival, Media City. "Media City Festival Catalogue". http://mediacityfilmfestival.com/mcff20/international-program-7/. Retrieved 9 June 2014. External link in |website= (help)
6. Lund, Carson. "New Robert Todd Films". http://arethehillsgoingtomarchoff.blogspot.com/2013/02/new-robert-todd-films.html. blogspot. Retrieved 6 June 2014. External link in |website= (help)
7. Hoolboom, Mike. "An Interview with Robert Todd". http://mikehoolboom.com/?p=124. mikehoolboom.com. Retrieved 6 June 2014. External link in |website= (help)
8. Filmmakers, Toronto, Liaison of Independent. "L.I.F.T. Catalogue". http://lift.ca/programming/lift-co-presents-master-class-robert-todd-images-festival. Retrieved 9 June 2014. External link in |website= (help)
9. Camper, Fred. "Films by Robert Todd". http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/films-by-robert-todd/Film?oid=1050061. Chicago Reader. Retrieved 9 June 2014. External link in |website= (help)
10. Rosinski, Andrew. "REVIEW: MASTER PLAN (2012) BY ROBERT TODD". http://dinca.org/review-master-plan-2012-by-robert-todd/10504.htm. Dinca.org. Retrieved 9 June 2014. External link in |website= (help)
11. Festival, Images. "Images Festival 2013 Catalogue" (PDF). http://www.imagesfestival.com/images/festival/29.pdf. Images Festival. External link in |website= (help)
12. Foundation, LEF. "LEF Award Recipient". http://www.lef-foundation.org/NewEngland/MovingImageFundGrantsDirectory/tabid/230/g/1183/Default.aspx. Retrieved 9 June 2014. External link in |website= (help)
13. Foundation, Boston. "Brother Thomas Award". http://www.tbf.org/news-and-events/news/2011/october/boston-foundation-announces-second-group-of-brother-thomas-fellowships. Retrieved 9 June 2014. External link in |website= (help)