Biography: Rob is an award-winning filmmaker and editor whose work has been revered worldwide, including at leading festivals such as Hot Docs and DOC NYC. His latest film is a short doc just completed called Echoes in Steel. His previous short Power of the Walk (Director, Editor, Producer) premiered at DOC NYC 2024. His latest feature documentary My Dad’s Tapes (Producer, Editor) premiered at Hot Docs in 2024 and was the #11 Audience Favourite, and also received an award from the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival. His 2024 short doc Kirby’s House (Director, Editor, Producer) was featured by POV Magazine. In 2020, Rob produced two features: The Cost of Freedom: Refugee Journalists in Canada, and Circus Boy. The Canadian Labour Film Festival awarded 3 awards to his doc Town of Widows (co-director, co-producer, editor, DP) which had its broadcast premiere on CBC Docs POV. In 2018, the feature doc Last Beer at the Pig’s Ear (Editor, DP, Associate Producer) picked up best documentary at the Hollywood Independent Filmmakers Festival during its festival run. In addition to long-form documentaries, he has also produced and directed many shorts, music videos, educational and corporate content, as well as larger commercials for brands such as Mercedes-Benz and RBC. Early in his career he was operations manager for a narrative feature film production company, overseeing post production for two features, one of which starred Rob Schneider and Chevy Chase. Recent narrative shorts The Lottery Ticket (Producer, Editor) and Everlasting Wheat (Editor) have won multiple awards at film festivals. Rob co-founded the Peterborough production company Paradigm Pictures in 2019 where he produced work until 2024 when he left to revive his own company Outsideinside, where he now produces independent and commissioned documentary films, along with commercial and general video production work. 
 
Rob is available as a freelance editor, director, cinematographer and producer. If you are interested in seeing more of Rob’s work, portfolios are ready to share. 
 
If you have any inquiries, or are interested in working with him and/or his production company, get in touch:
 
705 868 5741