Robert Rippberger

Robert Rippberger
Born (1988-09-07) September 7, 1988
Boulder, Colorado
Nationality American
Education University of California, Berkeley
Occupation Film director, film producer, and screenwriter
Years active 2006–present
Website robertrippberger.com

Robert Rippberger (born September 7, 1988) is an American film director and film producer from Boulder, Colorado. He is the director/producer of 7 Days in Syria [1][2][3] and the executive producer of the Magnolia Pictures acquired South by Southwest documentary Alive and Kicking along with Jason Blum.[4][5][6][7][8] Rippberger is also the director of the 2014 music video Ab Laut Aa by EDM DJ Sanjoy featuring Sunidhi Chauhan.[9] The video has 1.4 million views on YouTube.[10]

Early life

Rippberger began filmmaking at age 13. As a freshman in high school, he enrolled in filmmaking classes at the University of Colorado Boulder. In 2005, at age 16, he made his first feature film, “The Hoodwink”. The film had a premiere that sold out on the opening night, as an additional theater was added to accommodate the crowd.

Rippberger received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley in 2010, where he was awarded in 2009 the Roselyn Schneider Eisner Prize for his film In the Middle. It is the "highest achievement in the creative arts" given on the UC, Berkeley campus.[11]

Career

Rippberger co-created and then sold a documentary archive site called ThinkingAloud.com, asking politicians and world leaders about the biggest crisis facing the world today and asking what is to be done? The series was published in 7 parts by the New York Times.[12][13]

He was the 2012 recipient of the Dan Eldon Activist Award for producing and directing Breaking the Cycle, a documentary feature about Huntington’s Disease. The award is given to filmmakers for best use of media to effect positive change.[14][15]

In 2014, Rippberger published a novel with Regent Press called Escape to Anywhere Else with a foreword by Mariel Hemingway.[16][17]

Rippberger co-founded and is acting Editor-In-Chief of the film magazine and podcast Cinema of Change.[18]

He is also the festival director of the annual I Imagine Film Festival and conference in New York that coincides with the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.[19]

Filmography

Features

  • The Hoodwink (2006)
  • Visions for the Future (2013)
  • Breaking the Cycle (2013)
  • Face of Unity: Nelson Mandela (2014)
  • Slave to Chocolate (2015)
  • 7 Days in Syria (2015)[20][21]
  • Alive and Kicking (2016) (executive producer)[22]
  • Public Enemy Number One (2019)
  • Strive (2019)[23]

Shorts

  • "Grave" (2004)
  • "R.I.P." (2005)
  • "In the Middle" (2009)
  • "Noor (2011)" (co-director)
  • "Haven (2011)"
  • "ThinkingAloud" (2011)
  • "A Night at the Office" (2012) (co-producer)

Music videos

Commercials

  • Trumbull Studios (2012)[26]

References

  1. ↑ Gorman, Michele. "TRAILER FOR '7 DAYS IN SYRIA,' A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT REPORTING ON WAR". Newsweek.
  2. ↑ Gandelman, Joe. ""7 DAYS IN SYRIA" (A MUST VIEW FILM GIVEN RECENT DEVELOPMENTS)". The Moderate Voice.
  3. ↑ di Giovanni, Janine. "REPORTER DOCUMENTS LIFE IN ALEPPO IN '7 DAYS IN SYRIA'". Newsweek. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Lincoln, Ross. "'Alive And Kicking' Trailer: SXSW Docu Chronicles Swing Dance Subculture". Deadline.
  5. ↑ DeFore, John. "'Alive and Kicking': SXSW Review". Hollywood Reporter.
  6. ↑ Lincoln, Ross A. "Magnolia Picks Up Blumhouse SXSW Docu 'Alive And Kicking'". Deadline.
  7. ↑ Lincoln, Ross A. "'Alive And Kicking' Trailer: SXSW Docu Chronicles Swing Dance Subculture".
  8. ↑ "Magnolia Pictures".
  9. ↑ "CHECK OUT SUNIDHI CHAUHAN'S SINGLE 'AB LAUT AA'". Bolly Spice.
  10. ↑ Port 22. "Sanjoy ft. Sunidhi Chauhan - Ab Laut Aa - Official Music Video". YouTube.
  11. ↑ "Prizes and Honors / Roselyn Schneider Eisner Prizes in Film and Video". Berkeley.edu.
  12. ↑ Krupp, Tyler. "Copyright Page". Thinking Aloud.
  13. ↑ Krupp, Tyler. "NY Times: The Stone". The NY Times.
  14. ↑ Eldon, Kathy. "Festival Activists". My Hero.
  15. ↑ Kathy, Eldon. "Eldon Award Winners 2012". My Hero.
  16. ↑ "Escape to Anywhere Else". Barnes & Noble.
  17. ↑ Gandelman, Joe. "Editor-In-Chief". The Moderate Voice.
  18. ↑ "Team Page". Cinema of Change.
  19. ↑ "About Page". I Imagine Film Festival.
  20. ↑ AHT Staff (23 January 2016). ""7 Days in Syria" screening in British Parliament; House of Lords". AH Tribune. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  21. ↑ Standard-Examiner. "Documentary film '7 Days in Syria' showing for free Wednesday in Ogden". Standard-Examiner. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  22. ↑ "Robert Rippberger". The Internet Movie Database.
  23. ↑ "Kickstart Sunday: STRIVER'S ROW | Film Pulse". Film Pulse. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  24. ↑ Port 22. "Sanjoy ft. Sunidhi Chauhan - Ab Laut Aa - Official Music Video". YouTube.
  25. ↑ "Sanjoy - Set Me Free". YouTube.
  26. ↑ Trumbull, Douglas. "Douglas Trumbull's Virtual Set Studio". NY Times.
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