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  • ob Tate is an award-winning storyteller with 20+ years of experience producing, directing, shooting, and editing high-impact, long-form

    and short-form documentaries, journalistic series, television, and social media content.


    Known for his creative vision, precision editing, and an ability to translate complex topics into compelling, accessible stories, Rob's portfolio spans major networks, international broadcasters, streaming services, and theatrical releases.


    Along the way he’s picked up an Emmy, an International Documentary Association Award, a Cine Golden Eagle, a New York Festival Award, multiple Telly and Taste Awards, and a James Beard Award — mostly for following humans making their mark on architecture, health, science, food, fashion, and otherwise rising to the occasion of their own lives.

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    Portfolio Highlights

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    Proficiencies & Skills

    Languages:  English (fluid)|French (advanced)|Spanish (advanced)

    Production: Field Directing | Multi- & Single-Cam Production |
                Broadcast Camera Operation | Story Development |
                Crew Direction | Interviewing

     

    Post:       Adobe Premiere Pro | After Effects | Audition |                    Photoshop | Avid | Topaz Video, Photo, Gigapixel

    AI Tools:   Topaz | Gemini | Flux Lora | Nano Banana | ChatGPT

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        ob is an award-winning storyteller          with 20+ years of experience                producing, directing, shooting, and editing high-impact, long-form

and short-form documentaries, journalistic series, television, and social media content.

 

Known for his creative vision, precision editing, and an ability to translate complex topics into compelling, accessible stories, Rob's portfolio spans major networks, international broadcasters, streaming services, and theatrical releases.

 

Along the way he’s picked up an Emmy, an International Documentary Association Award, a Cine Golden Eagle, a New York Festival Award, multiple Telly and Taste Awards, and a James Beard Award — mostly for following humans making their mark on architecture, health, science, food, fashion, and otherwise rising to the occasion of their own lives.

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Professional Summary

ob Tate is an award-winning storyteller with 20+ years of experience producing, directing, shooting, and editing high-impact, long-form

and short-form documentaries, journalistic series, television, and social media content.


Known for his creative vision, precision editing, and an ability to translate complex topics into compelling, accessible stories, Rob's portfolio spans major networks, international broadcasters, streaming services, and theatrical releases.


Along the way he’s picked up an Emmy, an International Documentary Association Award, a Cine Golden Eagle, a New York Festival Award, multiple Telly and Taste Awards, and a James Beard Award — mostly for following humans making their mark on architecture, health, science, food, fashion, and otherwise rising to the occasion of their own lives.

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Portfolio Highlights

a few clips from  some of my favorite projects

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HAPPY CLOTHES:
Feature documentary
Greenwich/ Zero Point Zero Production
Editor
Ugly Betty Sequence

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a film about Patricia Field
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  • Collaborated w/ director, Michael Selditch, on overall structure incorporating about 100 hours of new footage and 200 hours of archival footage culled from raw, personal, journalistic, and historical sources to tell a story that spans 80 years

  • Researched several characters that were important friends and influencers in Ms. Field’s life

  • Created an editorial style called “Story by Proxy” in which anecdotes were told through a deliberate misuse of footage (for example: using shots from The Devil Wears Prada to tell a true story that happened between Meryl Streep and Ms. Field)

  • Scored the entire feature using primarily stems from music library, creating a mix of sounds that often differed greatly from the original mixes


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LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA
2 1-hour primetime specials
PBS / GBH
Sr. Prod/Dir/Editor
Independence & Freedom: Cold Open

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  • Directed and edited award-winning and award-nominated culinary and journalistic series for GBH (formerly WGBH), including Moveable Feast, Lidia Celebrates America, and Weekends With Yankee.

  • Collaborated closely with Executive Producers on story ideas, character arcs, and editorial style.

  • Managed field crews of 4 to 15 people

  • Developed show bibles and proprietary production workflows to ensure consistent tone and storytelling structure.

  • Worked closely with both seasoned hosts and real people and adapted directorial style based on their desires and comfort levels

  • Conducted interviews designed to not only uncover a story but to emphasize the character of the person telling it

  • Wrote narration for scene introductions, cold opens, and to signpost important story elements that might otherwise be lost.

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THE MAGIC PILL
Feature Documentary
Netflix / Gravitas Ventures
Director/Editor
Lierre Keith: The Vegetarian Myth

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Humans - Animals - Planet
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  • Directed international shoots across South Africa, Australia’s Outback, and the U.S.

  • Managed editorial structure and post-production for the globally recognized feature documentary exploring the ketogenic diet.

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DIARY OF A FOODIE
3 seasons, half-hour series
PBS / GBH
Sr. Producer/Sr. Editor
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  • Working with Zero Point Zero Production, produced and directed Diary of a Foodie (3 seasons for PBS), Project Jay (BRAVO), Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (TRAVEL CHANNEL), Johnny Colt: At Full Volume (TRAVEL), and Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field (feature distributed by Greenwich

  • Won Daytime Emmy for Editing and James Beard Award for Culinary Program.

  • Led international shoots in Mexico, China, Japan, Vietnam, Spain, Thailand, and the U.S.


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ELEVEN MINUTES
Feature Documentary
Regeant / Here TV
Co-Director (w/ Michael Selditch) / Editor
Trailer

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a film about Jay McCarroll
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  • Followed and filmed first winner of Project Runway for 9 months as he designed, built, coordinated, cast, and catwalked his first professional line of clothing at New York City’s Fashion Week

  • Created a shooting style guide primarily based on verité scenes with minimal interviews and minimal directorial intervention

  • Coordinated with Jay as to what scenes would be most valuable to film.

  • Created an almost narrative editorial style that emphasized character development, story arc and surreal scenes to portray just how much work goes into an eleven minute walk on the runway

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MOVEABLE FEAST
7 seasons, 13 half-hour eps
PBS / GBH
Co-EP/Series Dir/Editor
Gabrielle Hamilton

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We're throwing a party and YOU'RE invited.
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  • Directed and edited award-winning and award-nominated culinary and journalistic series for GBH (formerly WGBH), including Moveable Feast, Lidia Celebrates America, and Weekends With Yankee.

  • Collaborated closely with Executive Producers on story ideas, character arcs, and editorial style.

  • Managed field crews of 4 to 15 people

  • Developed show bibles and proprietary production workflows to ensure consistent tone and storytelling structure.

  • Worked closely with both seasoned hosts and real people and adapted directorial style based on their desires and comfort levels

  • Conducted interviews designed to not only uncover a story but to emphasize the character of the person telling it

  • Wrote narration for scene introductions, cold opens, and to signpost important story elements that might otherwise be lost.

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ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL
6-part docu-series
Sundance Channel
Sr. Producer/Sr. Editor
EP101 Cold Open

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the complete first season
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  • For the SUNDANCE CHANNEL, Produced, shot, and edited Architecture School (6-part documentary series). Shot for an entire school year on location in New Orleans, LA

  • 1st Semester was class and lab work; 2nd Semester was building a single-family home

  • Coordinated an 8-member crew consisting of locals and people from NYC.

  • Conducted extensive interviews with a large set of characters over the course of a year

  • Designed visual storytelling devices

  • Wrote and compiled the opening titles script based on student input

  • Won International Documentary Award for Best Limited Series; named one of Time Magazine’s Top Ten TV Shows of 2009

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NEPTUNE'S ROCKING HORSE
35mm Feature Film
Independent
Co-Director/Editor
Arrest Sequence

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H8ers Gonna H8
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“Beautifully crafted. Sterling performances from a stellar ensemble, and a charming, well-developed script filmed with panache in Gotham.” – VARIETY

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WEEKENDS with YANKEE
13 ep half-hour series
PBS / GBH
Director/Senior Editor
The Herstory of the Whiffenpoofs

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  • Directed and edited award-winning and award-nominated culinary and journalistic series for GBH (formerly WGBH), including Moveable Feast, Lidia Celebrates America, and Weekends With Yankee.

  • Collaborated closely with Executive Producers on story ideas, character arcs, and editorial style.

  • Managed field crews of 4 to 15 people

  • Developed show bibles and proprietary production workflows to ensure consistent tone and storytelling structure.

  • Worked closely with both seasoned hosts and real people and adapted directorial style based on their desires and comfort levels

  • Conducted interviews designed to not only uncover a story but to emphasize the character of the person telling it

  • Wrote narration for scene introductions, cold opens, and to signpost important story elements that might otherwise be lost.

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PROJECT JAY
1-hour primetime special
Bravo / Zero Point Zero Production
Sr. Editor
Heidi's Dress Design

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Fresh off his Project Runway win, Jay McCarroll struts onto fashion’s stage, designs an Emmy dress for Heidi Klum, battles ambition, and learns that talent alone won’t stop a spectacular stumble. Hilarious and Brutal.

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TOY HUNTER
2 seasons, hour reality series
Travel / Sharp Entertainment
Sr. Prod/Sr. Editor
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  • Developed visual and editorial style for Toy Hunter and Johnny Colt: At Full Volume.

  • Created production and post-production “bibles” for both shows.

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HEARTLAND TABLE
13 half-hour eps
Food Network
Series Prod/Director
Original Sizzle Reel

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  • Led creative direction and post-production for Heartland Table with Amy Thielen.

  • Directed 15-person field crew; developed authentic, visually-driven storytelling rooted in regional culture.

  • Created the sizzle reel that secured the series’ greenlight.

  • Nominated for a James Beard Award: Best Studio Food Program

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9 X DESIGN
13 ep hour reality series
Bravo / Left-Right Prod
Senior Editor
Segment from First Episode

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DETROIT IN OVERDRIVE
3-hour miniseries
Discover / TLC
Sr. Editor/Story Prod
Promo

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I LOVE YOU BUT I LIED
2 seasons, hour reality series
Lifetime Movie Channel
Sr. Editor/Story Prod
Premier Episode 101

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AMERICA REVEALED
4-part docu-series
PBS / Lion TV
Writer/Prod/Sr. Editor
EP 101: Food Machine

Episode One: Food Machine
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Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
1-hour television series
Travel Channel / Zero Point Zero
Editor
Segment from Sao Paulo

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Television & Feature Documentaries

Long and short-form projects created specifically for traditional broadcast, cable, and theatrical distribution

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UNSETTLED SCIENCE
Greenwich/ Zero Point Zero Production
Social Media integration with web-based content
Producer/Videographer/Editor
Series Trailer
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  • Produced, shot, and edited a series of short viral videos of people who have reversed chronic illness through a low-carb/high-fat diet.

  • Conducted in-depth interviews designed to discover and focus on the traits and story elements that made each character uniquely compelling.

  • Shot B-roll and scenework that emphasized their story and focused on the simplicity of using Food as Medicine.

  • Created a handful of trailers for Social Media with the call to action to visit the site to learn more about reversing chronic illness through diet.

  • Designed and created thumbnails for each video with a visual constant theme for all of them, and unique features for each of the characters.

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Architecture School Webisodes
Greenwich/ Zero Point Zero Production
Short viral videos offered to audience members who signed on to Sundance Channel website
Producer/Shooter/Editor
A Living Plan
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  • Designed, directed, shot, and edited a series of short webisodes created to augment and enhance the television show

  • Collaborated with Co-EP to decide which documentary elements would work nicely in this less-formal setting

  • Conformed all videos to the Sundance Channel's online protocols

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YouTube Trailers
Greenwich/ Zero Point Zero Production
Trailers created specifically for social media and online promotion
Editor
Happy Clothes Trailer
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  • Edited 2-min trailers of long-form content specifically for online promotion in YouTube, TikTok, and other social media

  • Designed and integrated graphics

  • Researched music libraries and scored projects accordingly

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BLIND LOVE
Greenwich/ Zero Point Zero Production
7-pt web series + 1 hr one-off
Producer/Editor
Dancing is Like a Relationship
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  • Worked with director, Patricia Zagarella, on the sizzle reel submitted to ITVS and Independent Lens

  • Edited 6-part web series

  • Devised unique story-telling devices for how to introduce important elements the cameras did not capture without resorting to interview bites

  • Produced and shot followup scenes with the characters and a 3-person local crew

  • Conducted followup interviews with all the main characters

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FAIR TRADE UGANDA
Greenwich/ Zero Point Zero Production
Web Series
Director / Co-Camera / Editor
Kibwana's Apiary
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  • Produced, directed, shot and edited a 4-part online series for Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream about the Fair Trade vanilla they source for their product

  • Filmed entirely in Uganda

  • Collaborated with on-camera host, Chris Bashinelli, on how best to tell the stories of Fair Trade farmers

  • Videos were launched by QR codes printed on ice cream cartons.

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WEB DESIGN
Greenwich/ Zero Point Zero Production
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HARRIS CONTENT BRIGADE
Greenwich/ Zero Point Zero Production
short, viral videos for social media
Video Specialist/Content Creator
Reproductive Freedom
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THE PALEO WAY
Greenwich/ Zero Point Zero Production
2 seasons, 8 half-hour eps
Co-EP/Dir
Raw Slaw
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  • WINNER: Cine Golden Eagle runner-up

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Fine Cooking Test Kitchen
Greenwich/ Zero Point Zero Production
A weries of online videos connected to the Moveable Feast TV series
Producer/Director/Editor
Sangria
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  • Worked in collaboration with the editor of Fine Cooking Magazine to develop an online component for the PBS series, Moveable Feast.

  • Directed a 3-member crew and on-camera talent for 13 on-set "stand and stir" demonstrations per season.

  • Edited and animated graphics, and conformed all videos for integration on the FineCooking.tv website.

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Digital & Emerging Media

Web series, webisodes, thumbnails, social media ads, trailers, and calls-to-action

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ERIN HILL: ELEANOR RIGBY
Music Video
Animation / Editor
YouTube
Full Music Video
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"Beautiful, melancholic, haunting." - Hollywood Investigator

  • Nominated: BEST SHORT, NYC WEBFEST 2021

  • Winner: BEST MUSIC VIDEO, Picasso, Einstein, Buddha 2022

  • Winner: Best Music Video, Hollywood Investigator, 2022

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WEISS/MANFREDI
2-Screen Video Installation
Cinematographer/Editor
Venice Bienale
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Featured at the Venice Bienale on Architecture

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VARIATIONS ON THE TIME-LAPSE
micro + macro
Creator
Variations on the Time-Lapse
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  • Created proprietary signature methods for capturing and showing the passage of time, both from the perspective of hours throughout the day, and the cumulative creation of an event (MACRO and MICRO)

  • Most are captured with a single, lockdown camera taking either video, stills, or both

  • These allowed for breaks from standard hand-held documentary look, while elevating and emphasizing certain Important elements in the episode.

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LOVE BUNNY
Music Video
Director/Shooter/Editor
Independent
Full Music Video
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  • Director/Cinematographer In a small band of cretives In makeup, couture, music, and set design

  • Collaborated with the team on themes, concepts, and plans for execution

  • Edited and animated the final music video

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ROB ON THE DOCTORS
Syndicated Talk Show
Show Guest
Syndicated Talk Show
Rob explains the Keto DIet
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TALK NERDY TO ME
half-hour pilot
Sr. Editor
HBO / Bill Mahr
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  • Produced by Bill Maher

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IS JOE HOME?
Animated digital short
Director / Animator
Independent
20 -sec Trailer
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  • Made an award-winning, 4-minute digital animated short based on a voicemail and sketches I received from a friend documenting an unspeakable childhood trauma.

  • Has been doing well in festivals, including the Oscar-qualifying Short Film Competition at the St. Louis International Film Festival of 2024

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LAND ROVER
PRODUCT PLACEMENT
Compilation
Director / Editor
PBS / GBH
Montage from Moveable Feast
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Deviate Work

Animation, museum installations, sizzle reels, web design, and basically any projects that all outside my usual fare. Why, what did you think you'd find here?

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Proficiencies & Skills

Languages:  English (fluid)|French (advanced)|Spanish (advanced)

Production: Field Directing | Multi- & Single-Cam Production |
            Broadcast Camera Operation | Story Development |
            Crew Direction | Interviewing

 

Post:       Adobe Premiere Pro | After Effects | Audition |                    Photoshop | Avid | Topaz Video, Photo, Gigapixel

AI Tools:   Topaz | Gemini | Flux Lora | Nano Banana | ChatGPT

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