Robb Moss
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Robb Moss is an independent documentary filmmaker and professor at Harvard University. Notable work includes such films as The Same River Twice
, Secrecy (film)
, and The Tourist. His films are often about the passage of time and its effect on characters, stories, and memories.
The Same River Twice was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2004 as well as being listed as the Best Documentary and Cinematography of 2003 by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
, Best Documentary at the Nashville Film Festival, Sidewalk Moving Picture Film Festival, and the New England Film Festival. Secrecy, directed with
Peter Galison, was awarded Best Documentary at the Newport International Film Festival and Special Jury Prize at the International Film Festival in Boston. The Tourist premiered at The Telluride Film Festival.
He is currently the Rudolf Arnheim Lecturer on Filmmaking at Harvard University as well as the Director of Undergraduate Studies. His education began at the University of California at Berkeley where he graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science (1972). He went on to earn a Masters of Science in Visual Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1979).
Robb Moss has worked as a Creative / Advisor for the Sundance Institute Documentary Labs, including its inaugural year in 2004. In addition, he has served on the Documentary Juries for The Sundance Film Festival, The Denver Film Festival, The Chicago International Documentary Fiim Festival, Local Sightings Film Festival, Seattle, New England Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and San Francisco Film Festival. His films have screened at festivals across America, and internationally in Holland, Russia, France, Brazil, Germany, Turkey and Australia.
The Same River Twice
The Same River Twice is a 2003 documentary by Robb Moss, described by the Sundance Channel as follows: “in 1978, filmmaker Robb Moss joined 16 free-spirited friends for a month-long rafting trip down the Colorado River. The excursion was captured in a short film, Riverdogs, a visual celebration of...
, Secrecy (film)
Secrecy (film)
Secrecy is a 2008 documentary film directed by Harvard University professors Peter Galison and Robb Moss. According to its website, it "is a film about the vast, invisible world of government secrecy," and features interviews with a variety of people on all sides of the secrecy issue, including...
, and The Tourist. His films are often about the passage of time and its effect on characters, stories, and memories.
The Same River Twice was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2004 as well as being listed as the Best Documentary and Cinematography of 2003 by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum is an American film critic. Rosenbaum was the head film critic for the Chicago Reader from 1987 until 2008, when he retired at the age of 65...
, Best Documentary at the Nashville Film Festival, Sidewalk Moving Picture Film Festival, and the New England Film Festival. Secrecy, directed with
Peter Galison, was awarded Best Documentary at the Newport International Film Festival and Special Jury Prize at the International Film Festival in Boston. The Tourist premiered at The Telluride Film Festival.
He is currently the Rudolf Arnheim Lecturer on Filmmaking at Harvard University as well as the Director of Undergraduate Studies. His education began at the University of California at Berkeley where he graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science (1972). He went on to earn a Masters of Science in Visual Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1979).
Robb Moss has worked as a Creative / Advisor for the Sundance Institute Documentary Labs, including its inaugural year in 2004. In addition, he has served on the Documentary Juries for The Sundance Film Festival, The Denver Film Festival, The Chicago International Documentary Fiim Festival, Local Sightings Film Festival, Seattle, New England Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and San Francisco Film Festival. His films have screened at festivals across America, and internationally in Holland, Russia, France, Brazil, Germany, Turkey and Australia.
External links
- http://www.secrecyfilm.com/
- http://www.samerivertwice.com/
- http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2000novdec/nonfiction.html