Rob Viscardis

Filmmaker — Peterborough, Ontario

Selected work

Still from Echoes in Steel

01 — Director

Echoes in Steel

A sculptor loses the scrapyard that fed his work, and learns to let it go.

Yorkton Film Festival — Nominee, Best Short Documentary

Still from My Dad’s Tapes

02 — Producer · Editor

My Dad’s Tapes

A trove of home video becomes a search for the truth about a father’s death.

Hot Docs · #11 Audience Choice · TVO

Still from Power of the Walk

03 — Director · Editor

Power of the Walk

A fifteen-year-old takes on the runway, and the industry behind it.

DOC NYC — World Premiere

Still from Kirby’s House

04 — Director · Editor

Kirby’s House

A man, his small-town home, and the neighbours who keep it that way.

Reframe — World Premiere · POV Magazine

Still from Town of Widows

05 — Co-director

Town of Widows

In Peterborough’s “Electric City,” widows and workers fight a system stacked against them.

CBC Docs POV · Best Documentary, Canadian Labour International Film Festival

Music videos

Still from Death of the Way It Is — Chris CulginDeath of the Way It IsChris CulginStill from Gay Bar — Evangeline GentleGay BarEvangeline GentleStill from Shadow — Lindsay BarrShadowLindsay BarrStill from Electricity — JaydeElectricityJayde

About

Rob Viscardis is a filmmaker based in Peterborough, Ontario. His work has screened at Hot Docs and DOC NYC, and broadcast on CBC Docs POV and TVO.

Enquiries

robviscardis@gmail.com