Robert Kolodny

Robert Kolodny is an Emmy Award winning Director, Writer and Cinematographer based in New York City. He is the founder and Creative Director of House of Nod, a full service cinematic production company. Working in both fiction and non-fiction filmmaking, Kolodny has enjoyed collaborating with some of contemporary independent cinema's most talented artists. His short film Fly on Out (2013) screened at the Court Métrage at the 67th Festival de Cannes, won first prize in the of the AbelCine/Vision Research Phantom High-Speed Challenge and the Audience Choice Award (short form) at the HBO/BET Urbanworld Film Festival. In 2013 he won a New York Emmy Award for his Direction on the series Frankie Cooks. His short film Shelter (2010) was the recipient of a Human Spirit Award from the National Board of Review, a Golden Reel from the Tiburon International Film Festival and Best Director (Short form) from the First Glance Film Festival. Robert has contributed cinematography to Josh & Benny Safdie's Lenny Cooke (2013) as well as Robert Greene's Bisbee '17 (2018) and Kate Plays Christine (2016) - both of which had their premieres at the Sundance Film Festival. He has worked on over 100 commercials as director for clients including Vogue, Esquire, A&E, and Adult Swim. Kolodny garnered a Vimeo Staff Pick for his short Allo Allo. Robert has created and publicly displayed site-specific fine art video installations that have been shown on exhibition at The MoMA (NYC), The Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Fine Art Boston and the Lehmann Maupin Gallery. Robert holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film from The School of Visual Arts.