Professor of Film at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, graduate of the Lodz Film School of Poland, recipient of the Fulbright Foundation Grant in Film, and founder-president of the Manhattan Film Academy. His film credits include writing and directing three feature-length films as well as several short fiction films and documentaries. His work has been exhibited internationally: in Belgium, China, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Iran, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Switzerland, among other countries, as well as in the United Sates, including the Museum of Modern Art MoMA in New York City.
FILM PRODUCTION CREDITS
DIRECTING
Dubai: A City of Dreams, 2010, 64 min./52 min (TV), HD, feature documentary on labor exploitation and human rights abuses in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Production: Manhattan Film Academy. Distribution: 7th Art Releasing, United States (North America); Upside Television, Paris, France (worldwide); Amazon.com (DVD, VOD)
Nobody's Perfect, 2003, 96 min., HD, independent feature film, starring Leonardo Nam (The Perfect Score, The Fast
and the Furious: Tokyo Drift). Production: Tutak Films. Distribution: TLA Releasing; Amazon.com (DVD, VOD)
Homework, live-action short, 2002. Production: Tutak Films. Release date: February 8, 2002, Triangle Television, New Zealand
ALFA, The Lightness of Being, 1996, documentary series on space exploration. Production & distribution: Educational Programming, TVP1 (public television), Warsaw, Poland
The Subway, documentary short, 1992. Production: PTVN, New York City. Distribution: Channel 31 WNYC-TV, New York City; TVP1, Warsaw, Poland
Pacifists, documentary short, 1991. Production: PTVN, New York City. Distribution: Channel 31 WNYC-TV, New York City; TVP1, Warsaw, Poland
Actor, documentary short, 1991. Production: PTVN, New York City. Distribution: Channel 31 WNYC-TV, New York City;
TVP1, Warsaw, Poland
Posters, documentary short, 1991. Production: PTVN, New York City. Distribution: Channel 31 WNYC-TV, New York City; TVP1, Warsaw, Poland
Tomek, documentary short, 1990. Production: PTVN, New York City. Distribution: Channel 31 WNYC-TV, New York City; TVP1, Warsaw, Poland
Greenpoint Story, documentary short, 1990. Production: PTVN, New York City. Distribution: Channel 31 WNYC-TV, New York City; TVP1, Warsaw, Poland
Mecz (Match), a made-for-TV feature film (movie of the week), 16mm, 1988. Production: Centralna Wytwórnia Programów
i Filmów Telewizyjnych Poltel [pl]. Distribution: TVP1 (public television), Warsaw, Poland. Release date: 1991. Awards:
Best Actress (Joanna Szczepkowska), Polish Young Cinema, Gdansk, Poland, 1989
Cisza (Silence), documentary short, 1985, 35mm. Production & distribution: Educational Film Production House, Lódz, Poland
Swieto (Holiday), live-action short, 1985, 35mm. Production & distribution: The Lodz Film School of Poland (PWSFTviT)
Twarz (The Face), documentary short, 1983, 35mm. Production & distribution: The Lodz Film School of Poland (PWSFTviT)
Pragnienie (Thirst), live-action short, 1982, 35mm. Production & distribution: The Lodz Film School of Poland (PWSFTviT)
Schadzka (An Assignation), TV drama, 1983. Production: The Lodz Film School of Poland (PWSFTviT)
Sonia, TV drama, 1982. Production: The Lodz Film School of Poland (PWSFTviT)
Rodzina (Family), documentary short, 1981, 35mm. Production: The Lodz Film School of Poland (PWSFTviT)
Pani Marysia (Ms. Mary), documentary short, 1981, 16mm
SCREENWRITING (FICTION)
Nobody's Perfect, 2003; produced: Tutak Films
Mecz (Match), 1988, produced, commissioned by TVP1, Warsaw, Poland
Parallax, 1996, Co-writer; un-produced
Till Death Do Us Part (in Polish), un-produced
SCREENWRITING (DOCS & SHORTS)
Ellis Island: Excluded & Deported, 2014, feature documentary; in production
Tadeusz Kosciuszko and the American Revolution, 2014, feature documentary; in preproduction
Dubai: A City of Dreams, feature documentary, 2008. Produced: Manhattan Film Academy
Jerzy Kosinski: The Painted Bird, 1993, feature documentary; un-produced; Omnibus, BBC TV, London
The Subway, 1992, documentary short; commissioned & produced: PTVN, New York
Pacifists, 1991, documentary short; commissioned & produced: PTVN, New York
Actor, documentary short, 1991; commissioned & produced: PTVN, New York
Posters, documentary short, 1991; commissioned & produced: PTVN, New York
Tomek, documentary short, 1990; commissioned & produced: PTVN, New York
Greenpoint Story, documentary short, 1990; commissioned & produced: PTVN, New York
Cisza (Silence), documentary short, 1985, 35mm; produced: Educational Film Production House, Lódz, Poland
Swieto (Holiday), live-action short, 1985, 35mm; produced: The Lodz Film School of Poland (PWSFTviT)
Twarz (The Face), documentary short, 1983, 35mm; produced: The Lodz Film School of Poland (PWSFTviT)
Pragnienie (Thirst), live-action, 1982, 35mm; produced: The Lodz Film School of Poland (PWSFTviT)
Schadzka (An Assignation), TV drama, 1983; produced: The Lodz Film School of Poland (PWSFTviT)
Sonia, TV drama, 1982; produced: The Lodz Film School of Poland (PWSFTviT)
Rodzina (Family), documentary short, 1981, 35mm; Produced: The Lodz Film School of Poland (PWSFTviT)
Pani Marysia (Ms. Mary), documentary short, 1981, 16mm; produced
PRODUCING
Ellis Island: Excluded & Deported, 2014, feature documentary, executive producer. In production
Tadeusz Kosciuszko and the American Revolution, 2014, feature documentary, executive producer. In pre-production
Dubai: A City of Dreams, feature documentary, 2008, executive producer. Produced: Manhattan Film Academy
Homework, 2002, live-action short, executive producer. Produced: Tutak Films
Ethnic and Racial Jokes, 2002, documentary feature film teaser, produce. Produced: Tutak Films
EDITING
Dubai: A City of Dreams, 2010
Nobody's Perfect, 2002
Homework, 2002
The Subway, co-editor, New York, 1992
Pacifists, co-editor, New York, 1991
Actor, co-editor, New York, 1991
Posters, co-editor, New York, 1991
Tomek, co-editor, New York, 1990
Greenpoint Story, co-editor, New York,
1990
Cisza (Silence), co-editor, 20 min.; 35mm, 1985
Swieto (Holiday), co-editor, 35mm, 1985
Twarz (The Face), co-editor, 35mm, 1983
Pragnienie (Thirst), co-editor, 35mm, 1982
Schadzka (An Assignation), TV drama, videotaped, co-editor, 1983
Sonia, TV drama, co-editor, 1982
Rodzina (Family), co-editor, 35mm, 1981
Pani Marysia (Ms. Mary), 16mm, 1981
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dubai: A City of Dreams, 2010
Tadeusz Kosciuszko and the American Revolution, teaser, 2003
Nobody's Perfect, 2002
Homework, 2002
OTHER
Second Unit Director, Random Acts of Variety, HBO, comedy show opening, 35mm, New York, 1990;
production: (Colossal) Pictures, New York; (dir. Lidia Przyluska); distribution: HBO
Still Photographer, Ocean Spray, commercial featuring Bobby McFerrin, 35mm, San Francisco, 1990;
agency: North Castle Partners, Stamford, CT; production: (Colossal) Pictures, San Francisco (dir. Drew Moto Takahashi); distribution: North Castle Partners Agency/Ocean Spray.
DISPLAY OF WORK
chronologicaly (tap to expend/collapse)
Dubai: A City of Dreams, broadcast on Spiegel TV Wissen, Germany, 2014
Dubai: A City of Dreams, broadcast on cable television TVI, Portugal, 2014
Dubai: A City of Dreams, broadcast on cable television IRIB Iran, 2013
Dubai: A City of Dreams, broadcast on cable television RTL TVI Belgium, 2013
Dubai: A City of Dreams, screening at the 7th Annual United Nations Association Film Festival Traveling Festival,
Carroll University, Waukesha, Wis.; United Nations Association Waukesha Chapter, 2012
Dubai: A City of Dreams, broadcast on cable television PLANETE, Canal + television, Poland, 2012
Dubai: A City of Dreams, broadcast on cable television RSI LA 2 Radiotelevisione swizzera, Switzerland, 2012
Dubai: A City of Dreams, screening at Kumu Doumentaal, Eesti Kunstimuuseum (Art Museum of Estonia), Tallin, Estonia, 2011
Dubai: A City of Dreams, screening at the 14th United Nations Association Film Festival, East Palo Alto, Calif, 2011
Dubai: A City of Dreams, screening at the Fifth Annual New Orleans Middle East Film Festival, New Orleans, 2011
Mecz (Match), broadcast on Polish Public Television, TVP1, Warsaw, Poland, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2011
Tadeusz Kosciuszko and the American Revolution, trailer, in the permanent collection of the Kosciuszko House
Museum in Kosava, Belarus (donation of the United States Embassy, Minsk, Belarus), 2011
Dubai: A City of Dreams, Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, China, Theme: Documentaries Tell
the Best Stories -- International Docs Journey into Campus: (1) South Sun Yat-sen University; (2) South China University
of Technology; (3) Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention Center, 2010
Dubai: A City of Dreams, Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, China;
Sapphire Arts Space & Galaxy Cinema, 2010
Dubai: A City of Dreams, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Docs for Sale, 2010
Dubai: A City of Dreams, trailer, GRITtv with Laura Flanders (Free Speech TV, Dish Network, DIRECTV), 2010
Dubai: A City of Dreams, American Film Market, LA, November 2010;
Dubai: A City of Dreams, Marche du Film, Cannes Film Festival, May 2010
Twarz (The Face), Cultural Center, Cluj, Romania, 2008
Twarz (The Face), la Cinemateca Romana, Bucharest, Romania, 2008
Twarz (The Face), Cinetheque du Fresnoy (Studio national des arts contemporains), France, Films Courts, l'Ecole
de Lodz, organized in collaboration with MoMA NYC, 2004
Twarz (The Face), International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, November, 2004
Nobody's Perfect, Anthology Film Archives, 2003
Nobody's Perfect, Marche du Film, Cannes Film Festival, France, 2003
Homework, Triangle Television, New Zealand, 2002
Nobody's Perfect, Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 2002
Thirst & The Face, Cleveland Cinematheque, Retrospective of the Lodz Film School of Poland, 2001
Thirst & The Face, Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley, CA, Retrospective of the Lodz Film School of Poland, 2001
Thirst & The Face, Santa Fe Cinematheque, Retrospective of the Lodz Film School of Poland, 2001
The Face, UCLA Film and Television Archives, Retrospective of the Lodz Film School of Poland, November, 1999
Thirst & The Face, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Retrospective of the Lodz Film School of Poland, January, 1999
Tomek & Greenpoint Story, Channel 31 WNYC-TV, New York, 1990
Match, Festival of Polish Feature Films, Gdansk, Poland, 1989
Thirst & Match, The Young Polish Cinema, Gdansk, Poland, 1989
Thirst, Cleveland International Film Festival, 1989
Thirst, European Film Festival, Poland and Stuttgart, Germany, 1989
Thirst, Film Arts Foundation Film Festival, San Francisco, 1989
Thirst, Polish Institute of Paris, France, 1989
Thirst, San Francisco Art Institute Film Festival, 1989
Thirst & The Face, Internationale Kurzfilmtage, Oberhausen, Germany, Following the festival, a yearlong tour
of Germany as part of the "Polish Retrospective," 1988
The Face, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (German public television network), Mainz, Germany, 1986
Thirst & The Face, Koszalin Meetings, International Festival of Young Cinema, Koszalin, Poland, 1986
Thirst & The Face, Polnische Kurzfilme - Tour of Germany, Films were shown in art houses and on campuses in Berlin, Hanover, Frankfurt, Cologne, Bremen, Osnabruck, Freiburg and Bielefeld, Organized by junges forum Reclinghausen,
West Germany, 1986
Thirst, Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographiques, Paris, 1985
Thirst, Third International Festival of Non-Commercial Art, Wroclaw, Poland, 1985
Thirst and The Face, International Film Festival, Munich, 1984
Thirst, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (German public television network), Mainz, Germany, 1984
Thirst, International Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland, 1983
Thirst, International Film Students Meeting, Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia, organized by Centre International de Liaisons
des Ecoles du Cinema et Television (International Center of Liasons of Cinema and Television Schools), 1983
In addition to the above, Robert's work Thirst (Pragnienie) and Match (Mecz) has been shown in courses on both the undergraduate and graduate level, as well as in masters classes in film, at New York University, New York; Columbia University, New York; School of Visual Arts, New York; Brooklyn College, New York; College of Mount Saint Vincent,
New York; San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco; Royal College of Art, London (UK); and the Lódz Film School
of Poland.
