Biography and filmography

Robert Todd

Robert Todd was a filmmaker as well as a sound and visual artist. Todd continually produced short works that resisted categorization. He has produced a large body of short-to-medium format films that have been exhibited internationally at a wide variety of venues and festivals including the Media City Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Le Rencontres Internationale, Black Maria Film Festival, Nouveau Cinema in Montreal, Cinematheque Ontario, the Harvard Film Archive, Pacific Film Archive, the Paris Biennial, Slamdance Film Festival, and others. His films have won numerous festival prizes, grants, and artist’s awards. He taught film production at Emerson College in Boston, prior to his untimely death in 2018.

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Movies (165)

de rerum natura

de rerum natura

2019 · Additional Photography

Life in the Shadows

Life in the Shadows

2018 · Director

Gems

Gems

2018 · Director

Bird Blinds

Bird Blinds

2018 · Director

Spring Masks

Spring Masks

2018 · Director

Red Light

Red Light

2018 · Director

Exile

Exile

2017 · Director

Shrine

Shrine

2017 · Director

Windswept

Windswept

2017 · Director

Fantasies

Fantasies

2017 · Director

Matters of Life and Death

Matters of Life and Death

2017 · Director

Flower Bed

Flower Bed

2017 · Director

Old World

Old World

2017 · Director

Spring Songs

Spring Songs

2017 · Director

Under a Tree

Under a Tree

2017 · Director

Restless

Restless

2017 · Director

Natural Order

Natural Order

2017 · Director

Stepping Stones

Stepping Stones

2017 · Director

Playing in Traffic

Playing in Traffic

2017 · Director

Flight Paths

Flight Paths

2017 · Director

Flowerbed

Flowerbed

2017 · Director

Horseplay

Horseplay

2017 · Director

Body Languages

Body Languages

2017 · Director

Drifts

Drifts

2017 · Director

Journey

Journey

2017 · Director

Daydreams

Daydreams

2016 · Director

Luca's Dock

Luca's Dock

2016 · Director

Awaiting Summer

Awaiting Summer

2016 · Director

Artificial Atmospheres

Artificial Atmospheres

2016 · Director

Physical Responses

Physical Responses

2016 · Director

Doppler Shifts

Doppler Shifts

2016 · Director

Collective Visions

Collective Visions

2016 · Director

The Hills

The Hills

2016 · Director

Phases of Noon

Phases of Noon

2016 · Director

Fluid Dynamics

Fluid Dynamics

2016 · Director

Emerald Necklace

Emerald Necklace

2016 · Director

Marking Time

Marking Time

2016 · Director

Openings

Openings

2016 · Director

Approaching Fall

Approaching Fall

2016 · Director

Stray Marks

Stray Marks

2016 · Director

Summer Stages

Summer Stages

2016 · Director

Oblong Box

Oblong Box

2016 · Director

Lightfall

Lightfall

2016 · Director

Ghost Town

Ghost Town

2016 · Director

(Domicile): Waltz

(Domicile): Waltz

2016 · Director

Storm

Storm

2016 · Director

Daylight Exhibitions

Daylight Exhibitions

2016 · Director

Silent Voices

Silent Voices

2016 · Director

Parking

Parking

2016 · Director

Statuary

Statuary

2016 · Director

Fountains of Youth

Fountains of Youth

2015 · Director

Passers By

Passers By

2015 · Director

Noon

Noon

2015 · Director

Etude

Etude

2015 · Director

Crack

Crack

2015 · Director

Tumble

Tumble

2015 · Director

Mourning Rite

Mourning Rite

2015 · Director

Arc of Spring

Arc of Spring

2015 · Director

Falling

Falling

2015 · Director

The Institution

The Institution

2015 · Director

Coming Cold

Coming Cold

2015 · Director

Over Water

Over Water

2015 · Director

Borderlands

Borderlands

2015 · Director

Summer's Eve

Summer's Eve

2015 · Director

Riverside

Riverside

2014 · Director

Falling

Falling

2014 · Director

Light Licks: Pardes: Drowned Hat Rescue Media City Motown Jump

Light Licks: Pardes: Drowned Hat Rescue Media City Motown Jump

2014

Shades of Grey

Shades of Grey

2014 · Director

At Any Time

At Any Time

2014 · Director

Slow Rise

Slow Rise

2014 · Director

Winter Present

Winter Present

2014 · Director

Lovesong

Lovesong

2014 · Director

Locks (Spring in Boston)

Locks (Spring in Boston)

2014 · Director

Garden Variety

Garden Variety

2014 · Director

Locks

Locks

2014 · Director

Intercession

Intercession

2014 · Director

Local History

Local History

2014 · Director

Afar

Afar

2014 · Director

May I

May I

2014 · Director

Cathedral

Cathedral

2014 · Director

At Berkeley

At Berkeley

2013 · Assistant Sound Editor

Threshold

Threshold

2013 · Director

Free Forms

Free Forms

2013 · Director

Echosystems

Echosystems

2013 · Director

Habitat

Habitat

2013 · Director

Seawall

Seawall

2013 · Director

Parallel Lines

Parallel Lines

2013 · Director

Walks

Walks

2013 · Director

Short

Short

2013 · Director

Spans

Spans

2013 · Director

Trembling Palace

Trembling Palace

2013 · Director

Perch

Perch

2013 · Director

Undergrowth

Undergrowth

2012 · Director

Dew

Dew

2012 · Director

Good Farm

Good Farm

2012 · Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Writer

Passage

Passage

2012 · Director of Photography, Director

TEACUP!!!!!!!!!

TEACUP!!!!!!!!!

2012 · Director

Far from Afghanistan

Far from Afghanistan

2012 · Editor

Cove

Cove

2012 · Director of Photography, Director, Editor

Within

Within

2012 · Director

Missing Boy (the Path)

Missing Boy (the Path)

2012 · Director

Crystal Gaze

Crystal Gaze

2012 · Director

The Mennonite Federation

The Mennonite Federation

2012 · Director

Bishopric

Bishopric

2012 · Director

Clear Cut

Clear Cut

2012 · Director

Summer Light

Summer Light

2012 · Director

Mosaic do Porto

Mosaic do Porto

2012 · Director

Movements

Movements

2012 · Director

SunderLight

SunderLight

2012 · Director

Construct

Construct

2012 · Director

Master Plan

Master Plan

2011 · Director

Imperceptihole

Imperceptihole

2011 · Director

Morning Glory

Morning Glory

2011 · Director

Portcullis

Portcullis

2011 · Director

Arsenic

Arsenic

2010 · Director

Weapons Expert Demonstration

Weapons Expert Demonstration

2010 · Director

Rayning

Rayning

2010 · Director

After Morning

After Morning

2010 · Director

Bridges/Blocks

Bridges/Blocks

2010 · Director

Meer

Meer

2010 · Director

Repair

Repair

2009 · Director

Golden Hour

Golden Hour

2009 · Director

Cascade

Cascade

2009 · Director

Groundplay

Groundplay

2009 · Director

Gathering

Gathering

2009 · Director

Spectral Cycle

Spectral Cycle

2009 · Director

Seeking Sunlight

Seeking Sunlight

2009 · Director

Lullaby

Lullaby

2009 · Director

Sisters

Sisters

2008 · Director

Antechamber

Antechamber

2008 · Director

Rose

Rose

2008 · Director

Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

2008 · Production Assistant

Passing

Passing

2008 · Director

Spirit House

Spirit House

2008 · Director, Editor

Fraternity Farm

Fraternity Farm

2008 · Director

Nest

Nest

2008 · Director

Bliss

Bliss

2007 · Director

Creation Myth

Creation Myth

2007 · Director

Dig

Dig

2007 · Director

21 Alleys

21 Alleys

2007 · Director

Office Suite

Office Suite

2007 · Director

Interplay

Interplay

2006 · Director

Cabinet

Cabinet

2006 · Director

IN LOVING MEMORY: Testimonials of Death Row Inmates regarding Life

IN LOVING MEMORY: Testimonials of Death Row Inmates regarding Life

2005 · Director

Evergreen

Evergreen

2005 · Director

Rising Tide

Rising Tide

2005 · Director

Qualities of Stone

Qualities of Stone

2004 · Director

Trauma Victim

Trauma Victim

2003 · Director

Latent

Latent

2003 · Director

Watch

Watch

2003 · Director

Stable

Stable

2003 · Director

Our Former Glory

Our Former Glory

2002 · Director

WAIT

WAIT

2000 · Director

Flora Natapoff - An American Painter

Flora Natapoff - An American Painter

1999 · Editor

Fable: I Want the World, Clean

Fable: I Want the World, Clean

1999 · Director

Fisherman

Fisherman

1998 · Director

Clip

Clip

1997 · Director, Editor

Speak

Speak

1997 · Director

Flowergirls

Flowergirls

· Director

Thunder

Thunder

· Director

There

There

· Director

Ring

Ring

· Director

Quiver

Quiver

· Director

Drink

Drink

· Director

Heavenly Bodies

Heavenly Bodies

· Director

TV shows (1)