(September 24, 1963 – August 18, 2018)
Because of the sheer size of Robert Todd’s filmography, each year’s titles are grouped in alphabetical order, and do not necessarily reflect the order in which the films of a given year were made.
Rob often mixed black and white negative with color negative in his filmmaking, or even printed entirely black and white films on color stock in some instances. In both scenarios, he would frequently strive for a slight (and sometimes varying, from sequence to sequence) color tonality in the monochrome imagery. As a result, the definitive designation below of a film to be “black and white” or “black and white and color” is somewhat ambiguous, since sometimes films incorporating (or fully made of) black and white imagery were nevertheless deliberately printed onto color stock for slight tonal effect. I have tried to present this information as accurately as possible. (For example, Matters of Life and Death is shot entirely on black and white, but intended to be printed on color print stock, so I’ve noted it as a “bw on color” film.)
In terms of formats, Rob had essentially three types of films:
Works shot and finished on film: Usually shot on 16mm and finished as a 16mm cut negative to make prints. Sometimes he used Super 8 as well, and it would be blown up to 16mm in this process.
Works shot on film but finished digitally: Rob would generally edit on the computer, and then have his negative matched to make prints. Because he was so incredibly prolific, it seems that sometimes he didn’t have his negatives cut for some films — possibly just as an economic decision — and finished them only as digital files. A close friend of Rob’s told me that he had a sense that Rob would send out previews of his latest films to programmers/festivals, and depending on which films seemed to generate interest, this would influence which ones he would then actually get the negative cut and printed for.
Purely digital works: Rob also shot a number of digital pieces, and these works were distributed solely digitally. Some of these pieces incorporate digitized film footage as well.
Rob also produced found footage digital works, perhaps more as a humorous editing exercise and not necessarily meant to be exhibited, but these films are included in this filmography as well, wherever possible.
This filmography will continue to be updated as additional works and information about them surfaces.
RADIO-THERAPY (1989)
Super 8(?), bw & color, sound, 11m
SHUT UP (1992) (w/ Lucy Vail)
16mm(?), bw & color, sound, 2.5m
LOST SATELLITE (1993)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 11m
FAMILY HISTORY (1995)
16mm, color, sound, 6.5m
FORGOTTEN TIME (1995)
16mm, color, sound, 9.5m
POE CONNECTORS (1995)
16mm, color, sound, 3m
MEDITATIONS (VERSION 2: SUBLIME MATTER) (1997)
16mm, color, sound, 23m
SPEAK: WHEN THERE ARE NO WORDS… (1997)
16mm, color, sound, 7m
FISHERMAN: MY BIRTHDAY WISH (1998)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 5.5m
FABLE: I WANT THE WORLD, CLEAN (1999)
16mm, color, sound, 15.5m
FUSION FILM WORKSHOP [Trailer] (2000)
16mm, color, sound, 2m
WAIT (2000)
16mm, color, sound, 7.5m
CLIP (2001)
16mm, color, sound, 3m
CLAM UP (2002)
16mm, color, sound, 3.5m
HAPPY PEPPY SPARKY DOGGY (2002)
Super 8/16mm, color, sound, 2.5m
OUR FORMER GLORY (2002)
16mm, color, sound, 9m
TRAUMA VICTIM (2002)
16mm, color, sound, 16.5m
LATENT (2003) (w/ Peter Miller)
Super 8/16mm, bw, silent, 3.5m
STABLE (2003)
16mm, color, sound, 7m
WATCH [film version] (2003) (w/ Michael Dwyer)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 6m
WATCH (2003) (w/ Michael Dwyer)
video (SD), sound, 12m
FLOWERGIRLS (2004)
Super 8/16mm, color, sound, 14m
RISING TIDE (2004) (w/ Michael Dwyer)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 24.5m
SWING (2004)
video (SD), color, sound, 17.5m
THUNDER (2004)
16mm, color, sound, 11m
EVERGREEN (2005)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 15.5m
IN LOVING MEMORY (2005)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 46.5m
MOM AND POP SHOP (2005) (w/ Michael Dwyer)
video (SD), color, sound, 48m
This piece incorporates the film Watch.
BLISS (2006)
video (SD), color, sound, 4.5m
INTERPLAY (2006)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 6.5m
QUALITIES OF STONE (2006)
(Super 8? and) 16mm, bw & color, sound, 11m
THERE (2006)
16mm, bw on color, sound, 9.5m
21 ALLEYS (2007)
16mm, color, sound, 8.5m
CABINET (2007)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 9m
CREATION MYTH (2007)
16mm, color, sound, 6m
DIG (2007)
16mm, color, sound, 2.5m
NEIGHBORS (2007)
digital (HD), color, sound, 4.5m
OFFICE SUITE (2007)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 15m
RING (2007)
16mm, bw on color, sound, 12m
ANTECHAMBER (2008)
16mm, color, sound, 11.5m
FRATERNITY FARM (2008)
16mm, color, silent 24fps, 7m
Part 3 of the “Passing” trilogy.
NEST (2008)
Super 8/16mm, color, sound, 4.5m
Part 1 of the “Passing” trilogy.
PASSING (2008)
16mm, color, sound, 4.5m
Part 2 of the “Passing” trilogy.
QUIVER (2008)
16mm, color, sound, 10m
REPAIR (2008)
16mm, color, silent 24fps, 14.5m
RIVER BED (2008)
Super 8/16mm, bw & color, sound, 17.5m
ROSE (2008)
16mm, bw on color, sound, 9m
The filmmaker’s digital file of this film is pure black and white, but on film it was printed on color stock to achieve a rosy tint.
SISTERS (2008)
Super 8/16mm, color, sound, 3.5m
SPIRIT HOUSE (2008)
16mm, color, sound, 10.5m
GATHERING (2009)
16mm, color, silent 24fps, 5m
GOLDEN HOUR (2009)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 16m
GROUNDPLAY (2009)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 12.5m
SEEKING SUNLIGHT (2009)
16mm, color, sound, 5m
SPECTRAL CYCLE (2009)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 5m
This film was made by striking high contrast black and white duplicate negatives from a color print element. These hi-con negs were then printed as A/B/C rolls through respective red, blue, and yellow filters to achieve a print with shifting colors.
AFTER MORNING (2006/2010?)
16mm, bw, silent 24fps, 2.5m
The titlecard on the print and negative say “June 2006”, whereas Rob’s website filmography said 2010. Most likely it was initially shot/produced in 2006 but not printed/released until 2010. The box in which the original negative was housed also had included the Bridges:Blocks negative, which was a 2010 film.
BALL ROOM (2010)
digital (HD), color, sound, 3m
BRIDGES: BLOCKS (2010)
16mm, color, sound, 7m
BRUCE: SPRING (2010)
Super 8/digital, color, silent, 1.5m
CASCADE (2010)
16mm, color, silent 24fps, 35.5m
FALLEN (2010)
digital (HD), color, sound, 5m
The filmmaker didn’t have this film listed in his filmography spreadsheet, and the file features a main title but no end credit or year, so it’s possible this wasn’t previously released.
FILAMENTS (2010)
digital (HD), color, sound, 14.5m
IMPERCEPTIHOLE (2010) (w/ Lori Felker)
16mm, bw, sound, 14.5m
LULLABY (2010)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 8m
Although this piece was finished on 16mm, Todd’s finished quicktime file of it is 16:9 (the film was partly shot on Super-16).
MEER (2010)
digital (HD), bw ^ color, silent, 4m
THE MENNONITE FEDERATION (2010) (w/ Lori Felker & Craig Webster)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 4.5m
PIANO (2010)
digital (HD), color, sound, 3m
RAYNING (2010)
16mm, bw on color, sound, 6m
The filmmaker’s digital file of this film is pure black and white, but it was printed on color stock to achieve a mild tint.
REVOLUTIONARY VISION (aka RIDE; aka PAUL REVERE’S RIDE) (2010)
16mm/digital, bw, sound, 3m
The title onscreen is REVOLUTIONARY VISION. This film was originally conformed as 16mm black and white A/B rolls with the onscreen title RIDE, dated June 2006. For some reason, Rob instead finished it as digital work four years later with a different title.
SUPER8 DIAL (2010) (w/ Eileen Richardson, Tara Nelson, and Lori Felker)
Super 8/digital (SD), bw, silent, 11m
WEAPONS EXPERT DEMONSTRATION (2010)
16mm, color, sound, 3m
ARSENIC (2011)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 12m
MATING RITUALS OF THE 23RD CENTURY (2011)
digital (SD), color, sound, 20m
Found footage collage made from Star Trek material.
MORNING GLORY (2011)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 15.5m
PHANTOM ATTACK OF THE SITH (2011)
digital (SD), color, sound, 188m
Robert Todd’s compression of Star Wars episodes 1-3 into a single (presumably improved) movie.
PORTCULLIS (2011)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 8m
SUPER 8 U.K. (2011)
Super 8/digital, bw & color, 4.5m
THIS MOTH OF THAT PANCAKE (2011)
digital (SD), color, sound, 72.5m
Star Wars found footage collage piece, more info TBD.
UNDERGROWTH (2011)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 11.5m
BISHOPRIC (2012)
Super 8/digital, bw, silent, 4.5m
CONSTRUCT (2012)
16mm, bw, sound, 12m
COVE (2012)
16mm, color, sound, 6.5m
CRYSTAL GAZE (2012)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 10.5m
DANGEROUS LIGHT (2012)
digital (HD), color, sound, 7m
Star Wars found footage collage piece.
DEW (2012)
16mm, color, silent 24fps, 2.5m
FUTURE PERFECT: A DIGITAL GRAMMAR COMPENDIUM (2012)
digital (HD/SD), color, sound, 14m
This trilogy of digital found footage works using Star Wars source material comprises Transitions, Skies, and Scrolls, apparently in that order.
TRANSITIONS (2012)
digital (SD), color, sound, 4m
SKIES (2012)
digital (HD), color, sound, 6.5m
SCROLLS (2012)
digital (HD), color, sound, 3.5m
GOOD FARM (2012)
16mm, color, sound, 3.5m
HABITAT (2012)
16mm, bw, sound, 9.5m
MACHINE LANGUAGE (2012)
digital (HD), color, sound, 5.5m
MASTER PLAN (2012)
16mm, color, sound, 60m
MISSING BOY: THE PATH (2012)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 13m
MOSAIC DO PORTO (2012)
16mm, color, sound, 2.5m
MOVEMENTS (2012)
Super 8/digital, color, sound, 8.5m
MOVEMENTS (2) [short version] (2012)
Super 8/digital, color, sound, 3.5m
PASSAGE (2012)
16mm, color, sound, 20.5m
SUMMER LIGHT (2012)
16mm, color, silent 24fps, 25m
This film comprises eight individual short sequences which Todd seems to have sometimes shown in different orders, or individually. The 16mm version appears to be final and definitive. It contains, in the following order: (part 1:) Monday, Friday, Clear Cut, Wednesday, (part 2:) Thursday, Tuesday, Block Party, Sunday.
The digital version is missing Clear Cut and is in a different order (Monday, Thursday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Friday, Block Party, Sunday).
TREMBLING PALACE (2012)
16mm, color, sound, 6m
WITHIN (2012)
16mm, color, sound, 8.5m
CIRCLE DANCE (2013)
16mm, color, sound, 7m
DUST (2013)
digital (HD), bw, sound, 2m
Found footage piece made from the tornado sequence from The Wizard of Oz.
ECHOSYSTEMS (2013)
16mm, color, sound, 9m
FAREWELL AT SEA (2013)
16mm/digital, color, sound, 8.5m
FREE-FORMS (2013)
16mm, bw, sound, 9m
I SEE YOU (2013)
digital (HD), color, sound, 8m
Found footage piece made from Lord of the Rings material.
OH, BEAUTIFUL… (2013)
digital (HD), color, sound, 6m
Video made to a Nina Hagen song.
PARALLEL LINES (2013)
digital (HD), color, sound, 7m
PARIS, LAB (2013)
Super 8/digital, bw, silent, 6m
POSTCARD (2013)
16mm/digital, color, silent, 5m
ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS (2013)
16mm, color, sound, 9m
SEAWALL (2013)
16mm, color, sound, 5m
SHORT (2013)
16mm, bw, silent 24fps, 4.5m
SPANS (2013)
16mm, bw, sound, 14.5m
SUNDERLIGHT (2013)
16mm, color, sound, 6.5m
THRESHOLD (2013)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 19.5m
WALKS (2013)
16mm, color, silent 24fps, 13.5m
AFAR (2014)
digital (HD), color, sound, 13m
AT ANY TIME (2014)
16mm, color, sound, 6m
CATHEDRAL (2014)
16mm, color, sound, 20.5m
FALLING (2014)
16mm, color, sound, 6m
GARDEN VARIETY (2014)
16mm/digital, color, sound, 7.5m
Unfinished? To be determined.
INTERCESSION (2014)
16mm, color, sound, 2m
LOCAL HISTORY (2014)
16mm, color, silent 24fps, 4m
LOCKS (2014)
16mm/digital, bw & color, sound, 11.5m
Unfinished? To be determined.
LOVESONG (2014)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 6m
MAY I (2014)
16mm, color, silent 24fps, 7.5m
RIVERSIDE (2014)
16mm/digital, bw & color, sound, 11.5m
SHADES OF GREY (2014)
16mm, bw & color, silent 24fps, 15.5m
SLOW RISE (2014)
16mm, color, sound, 6.5m
WINTER PRESENT (2014)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 6m
ANTHEM (2015)
digital (HD), color, sound, 2.5m
ARC OF SPRING (2015)
16mm/digital, color, sound, 9.5m
BORDERLANDS (2015)
16mm/digital, color, sound, 11.5m
Unfinished? To be determined.
COMING COLD (2015)
16mm, color, sound, 9.5m
This is a standalone film, and also part 1 of a “Coming Cold Trilogy”, though it’s possible the other two films in the trilogy (Flow & Ice) were not finished. TBD.
CRACK (2015)
16mm, color, sound, 3m
ETUDE (2015)
16mm, color, sound, 6.5m
FLOW (2015)
16mm/digital, bw & color, sound, 7m
Unfinished? To be determined. This is a standalone film, and also part 2 of the “Coming Cold Trilogy”
FOUNTAINS OF YOUTH (2015)
16mm, color, sound, 19m
HIGH WAY (2015)
digital (HD), color, sound, 8m
ICE (2015)
16mm, bw, sound, 8.5m
Unfinished? To be determined. This is a standalone film, and also part 3 of the “Coming Cold Trilogy”
THE INSTITUTION (2015)
digital (HD), color, sound, 6m
MOURNING RITE (2015)
16mm, color, sound, 11.5m
OVER WATER (2015)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 31.5m
Part 2 of the “Human Nature Series”.
PASSERS BY (2015)
16mm/digital, bw, sound, 7m
Unfinished? To be determined.
SUMMER’S EVE (2015)
digital (HD), color, sound, 6.5m
TELEGRAPH ROAD! (2015) w/ Lynne Siefert)
16mm/digital, color, sound, 4.5m
TUMBLE (2015)
16mm, color, sound, 6.5m
APPROACHING FALL (2016)
16mm, color, sound, 12.5m
ARTIFICIAL ATMOSPHERES (PART ONE) (2016)
digital (HD), color, sound, 22m
Part 3 of the “Human Nature Series” (?)
AWAITING SUMMER (2016)
16mm, color, sound, 12.5m
COLLECTIVE VISIONS (2016)
digital (HD), color, sound, 7.5m
DAYDREAMS (2016)
16mm, color, sound, 7m
DAYLIGHT EXHIBITIONS (2016)
16mm, color, sound, 22.5m
DOMICILE (A WALTZ) (2016)
digital (HD), color, sound, 9.5m
DOPPLER SHIFTS (2016)
digital (HD), color, sound, 2m
EMERALD NECKLACE (2016)
16mm, color, sound, 23.5m
Part 1 of the “Human Nature Series”.
AN EVENING AT AYUTHAI WITH GENE BERTONCINI (aka GENE BERTONCINI (4 SONGS)) (2016)
digital (HD), color, sound, 29.5m
FLIGHT PATHS (2016)
16mm, color, sound, 11.5m
FLOWERING (2016)
digital (HD), color, sound, 9.5m
FLUID DYNAMICS (2016)
16mm/digital, bw, sound, 15m
GHOST TOWN (2016)
digital (HD), color, sound, 14m / 10m
There is a shorter version (10m) and a longer version (14m) of this film. The longer version is dated later by Todd, and he labeled it as being final, although the shorter version was present on his Vimeo page. The longer version definitely seems to be the preferred version.
GLACIAL MOVEMENTS (2016)
digital (HD), color(?), sound, 55m
THE HILLS (2016)
digital (HD), color, sound, 27m
LIGHTFALL (2016)
16mm, color, sound, 16m
MARKING TIME (2016)
16mm/digital, bw, sound, 8m
NOONLIGHT (2016)
digital (HD), color, sound, 5.5m
OBLONG BOX (2016)
16mm, color, sound, 7.5m
OPENINGS (2016)
16mm, color, sound, 23.5m
PARKING (2016)
16mm, color, sound, 6m
PHASES OF NOON (2016)
16mm, bw, silent 24fps, 11m
The initial form of this film seems to have been a 3-minute camera roll made in 2015, according to Rob’s website/filmography.
PHYSICAL RESPONSES (2016)
16mm/digital, bw, silent, 7m
RESTLESS (2016)
16mm/digital, bw & color, sound, 8m
SILENT VOICES (2016)
digital (HD), color, sound, 9.5m
SOL (2016) (w/ Deb Todd Wheeler)
digital (HD), color, sound, 3m
STATUARY (2016)
16mm, color, sound, 8m
STILL MOVEMENTS (2016)
digital (HD), color, sound, 2m
STILL WATERS (2016)
16mm/digital, color, sound, 5.5m
STORM (2016)
digital (HD), color, sound, 12.5m
STRAY MARKS (2016)
16mm, bw, silent 24fps, 7m
SUMMER STAGES (2016)
16mm, color, sound, 17.5m
THREE LIGHTS OF DAY (2016)
digital (HD), color, sound, 16.5m
TRAVELS (2016)
16mm/digital, color, sound, 23.5m
This film has an end credit and year, but no main title (this was taken from the film’s filename). It also wasn’t listed in Rob’s spreadsheet filmography, so it’s possible this might not have been a released film.
WINTER DAWN (aka DAWN; aka WINTER’S DAWN) (2016)
digital (HD), color, sound, 5.5m
The version Rob uploaded to his Vimeo has the title WINTER DAWN, whereas his master quicktime file has the title DAWN.
1,001 NIGHTS (2017)
digital, color, sound, 14m
BODY LANGUAGES (2017)
16mm, color, silent 24fps, 7.5m
DRIFTS (2017)
16mm/digital, bw, silent, 8.5m
FANTASIES (2017)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 13m
FLOWER BED (2017)
16mm, color, silent 24fps, 3m
HORSE PLAY (2017)
16mm, color, sound, 11.5m
JOURNEY (2017)
16mm, color, sound, 10m
MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH (2017)
16mm, bw on color, silent 24fps, 12.5m
NATURAL ORDER (2017)
16mm, color, sound, 12.5m
OLD WORLD (2017)
16mm, color, sound, 9m
PLAYING IN TRAFFIC (2017)
16mm, color, silent 24fps, 6.5m
REFUGE (2017)
16mm/digital, color, sound, 15m
SHRINE (2017)
16mm/digital, bw & color, sound, 19m
SPRING SONGS (2017)
16mm, color, silent 24fps, 13.5m
STEPPING STONES (2017)
Super 8/digital, bw, silent, 4.5m
UNDER A TREE (2017)
16mm, bw & color, sound, 10m
WINDSWEPT (2017)
16mm, color, silent 24fps, 10.5m
BIRD BLINDS (2018)
16mm/digital, color, sound, 6m
EXILE (2018)
16mm, bw & color, soound, 13m
GEMS (2018)
16mm, color, sound, 12m
LIFE IN THE SHADOWS (2018)
16mm/digital, bw & color, silent, 9.5m
RED LIGHT (2018)
digital (HD), color, sound, 10m
SPRING MASKS (2018)
16mm/digital, color, sound, 17m
ROSEBATS MUSIC VIDEOS
THE TEENYTINY SONG (2015)
TREES (2015)
VIEW (2015)
SWEETWONDER (DARK AND MOODY MOMENT) (2015)
HEARTBEAT (2016)
GRAB A BRANCH (2017)
ORDINARY GRAVEL (2018)
UNCERTAIN/UNFINISHED
BLACK AND WHITE
HEAVENLY BODIES (2016?)
WALTZ (2016)
digital (HD), sound, 13m
To be determined if this film is the same as Domicile (A Waltz) or if it’s its own piece.
PERCH (2013)
16mm, color, sound, 8m
Unfinished.
SEEDS FROM IMPERMANENCE (2013)
16mm/digital, color, silent, 5.5m
Unfinished.
TOUR (2014)
16mm/digital, color, silent, 2.5m
Unfinished.
ECLIPSE (2018)
digital (HD), color, silent, 12.5m
This film has no onscreen titles (title and year taken from the film’s filename and metadata). It also wasn’t listed in Rob’s spreadsheet filmography, so it’s possible this might not have been a released film.
LIGHTSTRUCK 