Designer / Co-Director / Co-Compositor

Finally, a show that really hits home with me!  No, seriously.  I grew up in the Detroit area where the show takes place, so it was cool to be able to draw upon my local knowledge when designing the sequence.  And even cooler was being able to go back home to my beloved Motor City to direct the very talented Thomas Jane.  My father was happy to see me, and even happier to get his “Hung” sweatshirt -- apparently a big hit with the ladies at the senior center.

Designer / Director / Compositor

This is one of those rare projects that ended up looking identical to the original storyboard.  Even more rare because the show’s air date kept getting pushed back for months -- allowing the client plenty of time to make more and more creative changes.  Eventually, we ended up exactly where we started.  As the show’s line producer said, “Robb, thanks for a fantastic title animation, and thanks for the longest 6 seconds of my life.”

Designer / Compositor / Producer / Director

Weeds remains special to me, as it was the first title sequence that I did completely myself -- from concept to delivery.

“We gave Robb a feeling for what we wanted, and he came back with this whole vision -- it was incredible; it was just right.” -- Jenji Kohan, Creator of Weeds

Prior to the 2012 Presidential Election, I had the pleasure of working with Randy Newman to create a video for his politically themed song, "I'm Dreaming".  While he is no stranger to putting music to film (he has scored countless movies including Ragtime, The Natural, and the Toy Story trilogy), it was a new experience for him to see images put to his music.  He was a great collaborator, and the video received nearly a million views in its first week.

Co-Designer / Art Director / Co-Compositor / Producer

How do you get unpredictable and organic in-camera effects?  Just stick your fingers inside the camera while it is rolling and manipulate the film – as top notch DP Patrick Loungway did on this project.  (Warning: significant risk to digits involved.)

Co-Designer / Co_Director / Co-Compositor

As a director, eliciting a full spectrum of emotional facial expressions from a couple of dozen actors is no easy task.  But I can share this tip: unexpectedly blasting an air horn behind somebody's back will always guarantee a “surprised” expression.

Co-Designer / Art Director / Producer

Another successful collaboration with series creator Jason Katims. Finding and creating footage that could serve as believable "old family videos" of the cast was challenging but fun. I later discoverd that one of the child actors on the show was the son of a high school friend with whom I had lost touch long ago, and we reconnected. Never underestimate the power of a main title!

Co-Designer / Co-Compositor / Producer

Climbing all the way to the top of the Golden Gate bridge to get that opening shot was a bitch.  Getting those damn birds to fly backwards was even harder.

Co-Designer / Producer

One of my favorites because there’s nothing super fancy about it, yet it really seems to capture the tone of the show.  Comprised completely of production footage, Thomas Cobb did a wonderful edit to a great audio track.  We then went old school, shooting the type optically for that groovy analog feel.

Senior Art Director

My childhood experience as a tropical fish enthusiast came in handy on the pitch for this spot: a trip to the aquarium store netted a variety of air pumps, hoses, valves and aerators which were then used to create the beautiful bubbles we photographed for the style frames that landed us the job.

Co-Designer / Co-Director, Co-Compositor / Producer

For this super fun project (it was like being back in film school), I developed a proprietary “blood rig” to control the amount, speed, and location of the dripping blood in the opening shot.  This project is also responsible for introducing the popular phrase “Just make the baby smile” into the motion graphics lexicon.

Co-Designer / Co-Compositor / Art Director / Producer

When I was a kid, I was lucky enough to witness a monarch butterfly migration.  The enormous herd (yeah, that’s the proper term) passed overhead like a cloud, turning everything dark...and spooky…yet amazing.  However, I wasn’t lucky enough to have several butterflies land on my head to form a crown, making me a King of my country.  Oh, well, I guess that’s why we have tv shows.