Daniel Robin
Professor School of Film, Media & Theatre- Education
M.F.A., San Francisco State University, 2007
- Specializations
Experimental Documentary Filmmaking, Alternative Approaches to Fiction Filmmaking
- Biography
- Daniel Robin makes experimental and speculative non-fiction films that are preoccupied with memory, family history, and personal relationships. He often shoots his films on super 8 and 16mm, but also works in digital formats. His film my olympic summer screened in 27 film festivals and won several awards including the Sundance Film Festival Jury Prize and the Onda Curta Award at IndieLisboa. His film All The Leaves Are Brown screened in 29 festivals, including Curtas Vila Do Conde, Analogica 7, L’Alternativa and won the Best Director Award at the Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival. His film Petting Zoo has screened at 23 film festivals, including Analogica 9 and Ji.hlava IDFF. Daniel’s most recent film, Sun Coming and Casting a Shadow has screened at international film festivals including Kassler Dokfest, Analogica 12, IPFF (Sofia, Bulgaria), Enguage Experimental Film Festival. Daniel received is BA in film at San Francisco State University, with Trinh T. Minh-ha as one of his professors, and received his MFA also at SFSU, with Bill Nichols serving as his thesis advisor.In 2000 Daniel helped to pioneer documentary online video series creating the website neighborhoodfilms.com where he’s produced six documentary web series.
Filmmaker Magazine named Robin one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Film.”
Daniel Robin is the writer, director, editor, cinematographer, and sound recordist for all of his films.