Person

Robb Moss

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Known for: Directing

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robb Moss, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.