Robert Todd (filmmaker)

Robert Todd (1963– August 18, 2018)[1] was an American filmmaker, known primarily for his short poetic experimental films. He taught film production at Emerson College.[2] His films have screened at international film festivals including The Rotterdam International Film Festival,[3] The New York Film Festival,[4] The Ann Arbor Film Festival,[5] Media City Festival,[6] and others.

Films

Todd worked in a variety of genres including drama, traditional documentary, creative nonfiction and used techniques such as lyrical abstraction, and structural experimentation. His films have been compared to lyrical filmmakers as Nathaniel Dorsky and Peter Hutton.[7] They have been described as intimate and personal.[8]

Since 1999 he worked nearly exclusively in 16mm.[9] In addition to his short films, he produced long format documentaries which included In Loving Memory: In Loving Memory: Testimonials of Death Row Inmates Regarding Life” (2005),[10] and Master Plan (2011) which links incarceration with general issues of housing in America.[11] In the past few years he exhibited works in expanded cinema contexts, creating works for performance with musicians at festivals and other venues.[12]

Two of Todd's films, Fantasies and Matters of Life and Death, were preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2019.[13]

Awards

Todd received grants and awards from various festivals and foundations, including the LEF Foundation,[14] The Brother Thomas Award[15] from The Boston Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

References
  1. Tempera, Jacqueline (19 August 2018). "Students, staff mourn the loss of Robert Todd, an Emerson College professor and filmmaker found dead Saturday". MASSlive. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. College, Emerson. "Faculty". Emerson College. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  3. Rotterdam, International Film Festival. "Persons: Robert Todd". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  4. Film Festival, New York. "Views from The Avant Garde Program". Film Society of Lincoln Center. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  5. Film Festival, Ann Arbor. "Ann Arbor Film Festival Catalogue". Ann Arbor Film Festival. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  6. Film Festival, Media City. "Media City Festival Catalogue". Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  7. Lund, Carson. "New Robert Todd Films". blogspot. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  8. Hoolboom, Mike. "An Interview with Robert Todd". mikehoolboom.com. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  9. Filmmakers, Toronto, Liaison of Independent. "L.I.F.T. Catalogue". Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  10. Camper, Fred. "Films by Robert Todd". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  11. Rosinski, Andrew. "REVIEW: MASTER PLAN (2012) BY ROBERT TODD". Dinca.org. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  12. Festival, Images. "Images Festival 2013 Catalogue" (PDF). Images Festival.
  13. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
  14. Foundation, LEF. "LEF Award Recipient". Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  15. Foundation, Boston. "Brother Thomas Award". Retrieved 9 June 2014.
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