Robert Griffith is an international award-winning filmmaker who has been telling stories on film and video for more than thirty years. His early experience was as a documentary news cameraman for national networks NBC and CBS, which led to his forming Griffith Films as an independent filmmaker, creating films and television commercials for regional and national clients.
For the last decade, Robert has concentrated on producing long-format documentaries focusing on a variety of compelling social issues. His latest recognition was being awarded the 2009 Theresa Pollak Prize for Excellence in the Arts, in the category of Film.
Recent Films*
- Voices of Hope and Recovery
Follows the struggles of five individuals coping with mental illness and its stigmas.
- Helping Kids and Families Find Courage
Documents the journeys of disadvantaged youth getting help from Elk Hill Farm.
- MICAH Initiative
A film about the partnership of communities of faith and the public education system in Richmond, Virginia.
- Moviemaking In Virginia Take 3
Third in his series about the state of filmmaking in Virginia.
*More information regarding these & other films available upon request.
Filmography
- Documentary and Promotional Film Client List:
- Movie Making in Virginia (I, II, & III)
- Working Men
- My Mother's Keeper
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- Virginia Film Office
- Elk Hill Farm
- Ethyl Corporation
- Luray Caverns
- Colonial Downs
- Micah Initiative
- Owens and Minor
- Time-Life Books
- University of Virginia
- Easy RiderMagazine
- Continental Financial Group
- ISA Associates
- James River Corporation
- Makindu Childrens Program
- The Nature Conservancy
- Riverside Hospitals
- Science Museum of Virginia
- BabyTV.com
- Hanover juvenile Correctional Center
- Sixteen
- Credits:*
- Lillian
- Dream West
- Florida Straits
- Combat High
- Environment for Success
- Managing Tomorrow
- *Other credits available upon request.
On the set of the film "Lillian" 1989
Robert Griffith and son Max at Virginia Film Festival 1988
On location of documentary "6574" I
On location of documentary "6574" II
Robert, on film location
Robert on location the Chesapeake Bay, VA
Robert, interview on set of documentary "Voices"
Robert, on documentary location Elk Hill
