Robert is the Emmy-winning producer/writer of the feature documentary Made in L.A., and spearheaded the three-year impact campaign that brought the film to audiences around the world. In 2012 Robert relocated to Spain to direct and produce The Silence of Others, in collaboration with Almudena Carracedo. After 7 years of work, The Silence of Others premiered at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), where it won both the Audience Award (Panorama) and the Peace Film Prize. Following Berlin, The Silence of Others won the Grand Jury Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest, the Founders Award for Best Foreign NonFiction Film at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival, Top 10 Audience Favourite at HotDocs, and it is currently screening at festivals around the world.

Originally from Philadelphia, Robert previously produced and directed the documentary Laid to Waste, produced the short documentary Meet Joe Gay, and line produced several independent films. He is a Creative Capital Fellow, a Sundance Documentary Fellow, and holds an MFA from USC’s School of Cinema-Television.