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Robert Kolodny is an American director, writer, cinematographer and editor based in New York City. His feature film directorial debut, "The Featherweight" premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. As a cinematographer he has shot films for Alex Ross Perry, Laura Poitras, Robert Greene and the Safdie brothers.
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Metal Myths: Ghost Pt. 2
Editor
event 2022 star_border 8
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A mockumentary detailing the history of the Swedish rock band Ghost.
Procession
Director of Photography
event 2021 star_border 6.5
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Six men who were sexually abused by Catholic clergy as boys find empowerment by creating short films inspired by their trauma.
The Featherweight
Director
event 2023 star_border 5.1
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Set in 1964, a camera crew follows Willie Pep, retired featherweight boxing champion. Down and out in Hartford CT, married to a woman half his age and with a drug-addled son and mounting debts, Pep decides to make a return to the ring.
Pavements
Director of Photography
event 2024
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Documentary about the American indie band Pavement, which combines scripts with documentary images of the band and a musical mise-en-scene composed of songs from their discography.
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
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event 2022 star_border 7.4
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The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.
Ghost: Rite Here Rite Now
Director of Photography
event 2024 star_border 8.8
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Whether you’re a devoted disciple looking to relive treasured memories of the GHOST live spectacle or among the curious uninitiated, RITE HERE RITE NOW will put you right there: putting your phones down and living in the moment—as a shadow of uncertainty looms—completely spellbound and in the thrall of this bombastic yet intimate cinematic portrait of GHOST.
The Sweet East
Additional Photography
event 2023 star_border 6.5
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A high school senior from South Carolina gets her first glimpse of the wider world, picturesque cities, and woods of the Eastern seaboard on a class trip to Washington, D.C.
Fly on Out
Director
event 2013
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"Fly on Out" follows 11 year old Dayvon as he is chased through the vibrant backdrop of Bed-Stuy Brooklyn after stealing a pigeon from two older boys. Lush with characters from the neighborhood and real Brooklyn attitude, this hyper realistic film is shot on the world famous Phantom High Speed Camera.
Shelter
Director
event 2010
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A Jewish Prisoner who escapes from a Nazi Concentration Camp during work detail must then survive on his own in the bitter forests of Poland. He uses his memories of life as an artist in Paris before the war to keep him warm and from going mad.
Night of the Species
Director
event 2017
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Noche de las especies [Night of the Species], a video animation by Robert Kolodny based on Cecilia Vicuña's drawings from the Noche de las especies.
Land of Nod
Screenplay
event 2011
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Walt, a young journalist from the Midwest, arrives by bus in New York City. He quickly meets the free-spirited Jane who leads him to a commune-like apartment in Brooklyn where a group of artists and political activists live.
Man in the Box
Screenplay
event 2007
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A lonely wine soaked street clown who is obsessed with opera and hopelessly in love with his neighbor, passes his days in a tiny windowless apartment in the gut of New York City.
The Crooked Symphony
Screenplay
event 2009
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Set in the 1920's a struggling young doctor in a failing marriage is assigned to work with a bizarre, disfigured, animal like mystery man who washed up on a nearby beach.
Death of the Pollinators
Director
event 2021
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A film by Robert Kolodny using poems and sounds of Cecilia Vicuña and auditory landscapes of musician Ricardo Gallo, telling the story of the death of the Earth's pollinating insects.
Disappeared Quipu
Director
event 2018
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Projected from four sides, utilizing four separate bespoke films to collide into one full piece, over a series of knotted wool strands created by Vicuña and suspended from the ceiling of the gallery.
The House of Nod Halloween Special
Director
event 2020
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A variety show from hell, full of thrills and chills, frights and bites. Join Demonica and Dr. Victor Von Astro as they spirit guide you through the spookiest night of the year.
The Tale of Kat and Dog
Producer
event 2016
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A New Yorker trying to catch a flight home from Amsterdam has her travel disrupted by a (very) Dutch dog.
Li Olo Setsur
Editor
event 2013
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On her thirtieth birthday, Laura Miller gets a surprise visit from the past--in the form her 10 year old self-- who forces her to acknowledge the life she once dreamt for herself is not the life she currently lives.
Plastic Bag Store: The Film
Editor
event 2021 star_border 6
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A dynamic series of stories that traverse ancient history, the present day and a future dystopia, employing inventive puppetry, humor and craft to explore how the hordes of plastic waste might be misinterpreted by future generations.
Holiday Sauce... Booster!
Director of Photography
event 2021
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A virtual reimagining of Taylor Mac's celebrated annual holiday show blends music, film, burlesque and random acts of fabulousness in the most subversive and cathartic event of the year.
The Last Time
Producer
event 2020
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Old friends, Peter and Will, take their yearly road trip upstate in an attempt to perfectly recreate the drug fueled traditions of past years.
Dot
Writer
event 2010
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The story of a wide-eyed girl with a big imagination. A challenge from her sworn enemy, Bernard Amadeus Ripley, Jr., leads to a flying machine competition that doesn't exactly go as planned.
Tension Envelopes
Director of Photography
event 2023
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A curious building in Kansas City, Missouri, becomes subject to speculations about labor practices and dramas therein.
Sam & Jess
Director of Photography
event 2017
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It is often said that Broadway dancers begin looking for new careers around age twenty-nine. Samantha Zack, who has been living her dreams as a dancer for over a decade, is nearing her 30th birthday. Her hometown friend Jessica recently dropped out of college and is moving to New York City to pursue her own career in the spotlight.
Parti Si Pasion
Director of Photography
event 2008
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Pigments are scattered across the asphalt in Manhattan, a thread is tied by poet Cecilia Vicuña between the present and the past.
Holiday Sauce...Pandemic!
Director of Photography
event 2020
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Celebrate the holidays in all of their dysfunction! This virtual vaudeville blends music, film, burlesque, and random acts of fabulousness to reframe the songs you love and the holidays you hate in the most subversive and cathartic event of the season. There is more to the holidays than rampant capitalism and gift giving and in Taylor Mac’s world creativity and imagination are their own spirituality, reminding us of the collective power of our chosen families.
Hannah for the Weekend
Consulting Producer
event 2019
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A long weekend spirals out of control for Hannah as her friendship with peculiar siblings Sam and David wavers between romance, obsession, fantasy, and reality-all under the guise of an elaborate murder mystery party.
Lápiz en Bote
Editor
event 2009
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The artist precariously films her "basuritas" made from debris as the sea removes them.
Kon Kon
Coordinating Producer
event 2010
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In this documentary poem, Cecilia Vicuña returns to Con Con, the birthplace of her art in Chile, where the sea is dying and an ancient tradition is being destroyed.
Deadbeat Dads
Director of Photography
event 2014
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Deadbeat Dads is a 10-minute narrative about two homeless young men in search for their families. On a regular day of panhandling the two are given a cash gift they've never dreamed of. Should they use it to find their families or continue spiraling downward?
Ship of Fools
Camera Operator
event 2014
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A legendary photographer reveals the truth behind his most iconic photograph while recalling Stranded, the greatest rock and roll band never known.
What the Hell Is Going On?? with Vic Berger
Camera Operator
event 2020
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Video editor, family man and all around confused American Vic Berger sets out to figure out What The Hell Is Going On with STEEL.
Río Mapocho
Editor
event 2012
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Cecilia Vicuña and the Pichimuchina performed a ritual for the waters of the Mapocho River in Santiago Chile. This mighty river had dried up as a result of global warming, however next day it rained and the river swelled for a few hours.
Kate Plays Christine
Additional Camera
event 2016 star_border 5.7
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Follow actress Kate Lyn Sheil as she prepares for her next role: playing Christine Chubbuck, a Florida newscaster who committed suicide live on-air in 1974. As Kate investigates Chubbuck’s story, uncovering new clues and information, she becomes increasingly obsessed with her subject.
Vaso de Leche
Director of Photography
event 2008
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A 2008 recreation of a 1979 performance gives way to a projection of the slides depicting images from the artist's archive relative to dairy crime.
Bisbee '17
Title Designer
event 2018 star_border 7
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It’s 2017 in Bisbee, Arizona, an old copper-mining town just miles from the Mexican border. The town’s close-knit community prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bisbee’s darkest hour: the infamous Bisbee Deportation of 1917, during which 1,200 striking miners were violently taken from their homes, banished to the middle of the desert, and left to die. Townspeople confront this violent, misunderstood past by staging dramatic recreations of the escalating strike. These dramatized scenes are based on subjective versions of the story and “directed,” in a sense, by residents with conflicting views of the event. Deeply personal segments torn from family history build toward a massive restaging of the deportation itself on the exact day of its 100th anniversary.
The Closed Door
Second Assistant Director
event 2010
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A man's existence is put on trial when he finds himself inside a house with no exit. His whereabouts are as much a mystery as the identities of its inhabitants, and -- more importantly -- their motives. As his situation becomes elucidated, he finds the strangers may not be strangers after all.
Yellow Soto
Editor
event 2007
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A performance lecture on the 1990 sculpture "Penetrable" by Jesús Soto. Poets were asked to respond to the works of artists included in the show, "The Geometry of Hope" at the Grey Art Gallery.
American Hero
Assistant Director
event 2009
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A story of love and redemption, about an American Iraqi Veteran, who comes home apparently intact but mentally and emotionally damaged. While his devoted sister suffers in the struggle to comprehend, and see him through it, she awakens to the unimaginable injustices of war.
The Automat
Title Designer
event 2021 star_border 6.9
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The 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. From the perspective of former customers, we watch a business climb to its peak success and then grapple with fast food in a forever changed America.
The Birthday Cake
Title Designer
event 2021 star_border 5.2
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On the 10th anniversary of his father's death, Giovanni reluctantly accepts the task of bringing a cake to the home of his uncle, a mob boss, for a celebration. Just two hours into the night, Gio's life is forever changed.
Lenny Cooke
Additional Camera
event 2013 star_border 6.8
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In 2001, Lenny Cooke was the most hyped high school basketball player in the country, ranked above future greats LeBron James, Amar’e Stoudemire, and Carmelo Anthony. A decade later, Lenny has never played a minute in the NBA. In this quintessentially American documentary, filmmaking brothers Joshua and Benny Safdie track the unfulfilled destiny of a man for whom superstardom was only just out of reach.
Paradise Pop. 10
Editor
event 2024
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Christian Lee Hutson visual album Paradise Pop. 10
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