What's in a Name (2014)
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Country:
USA
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Duration:
12 min
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Genre:
biography
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Director:
Daniel Robin
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Producer:
Daniel Robin
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Cast:
Nathan Honnold, Stanley Robin, Ron Robin
About film
In the 1930s, the filmmaker's grandfather changed the family name to be able to get a job. Many years later, his grandson decides to reclaim the Jewish name.
Director
director, producer, and screenwriter. He makes short experimental and personal films. In 2000 Robin launched his website Neighbourhoodfilms where he published six documentary web-series. His work My Olympic Summer won the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Jury Prize for Short Filmmaking. In 2017, Robin released his film All the Leaves are Brown, which brought him the Award for Best Filmmaker from the Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival and the Special Jury Prize for Personal Vision at the Oxford Film Festival (USA). Robin is an Associate Professor at Georgia State University, where he teaches Documentary Filmmaking.
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Director
director, producer, and screenwriter. He makes short experimental and personal films. In 2000 Robin launched his website Neighbourhoodfilms where he published six documentary web-series. His work My Olympic Summer won the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Jury Prize for Short Filmmaking. In 2017, Robin released his film All the Leaves are Brown, which brought him the Award for Best Filmmaker from the Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival and the Special Jury Prize for Personal Vision at the Oxford Film Festival (USA). Robin is an Associate Professor at Georgia State University, where he teaches Documentary Filmmaking.