Rob Underhill

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He began with building theatre productions from the ground up beginning in 1998. In 2004 he incorporated WAKE DRAMA, his non-profit production house. He has a BA in English from NC State University.

RECENT FILMOGRAPHY
FEATURES: director/producer/screenwriter of the film, DAR HE: The Lynching of Emmett Till (2012)——winner of 10 Best Film awards & rated 4.5/5 Stars by FILM THREAT; Sci-fi/disaster film, THE CARRINGTON EVENT (2013)——2 Best Film awards; and BOX BROWN (2013), the incredible true story of an American slave who mailed himself to freedom in 1849—.

SHORT-FILMS: director/producer/screenwriter of over 50 short-films screened at over 100 film festivals worldwide. Two films, EMPTY SPACE (2009) and WOLF CALL (2010), won a combined 31 festival awards and 13 nominations. WOLF CALL was also nominated for a 2012 Black Reel Award for Outstanding Short Film, and syndicated on two national TV shows, one the ASPiRE network in 2013—.

TV PILOTS: director/producer/screenwriter of the 1-hour, Sci-fi/disaster-genre TV pilot, THE CARRINGTON EVENT (2013)—. Director/producer of the 30-min horror genre TV show, FEVER DREAMS. Director/co-screenwriter of the 30-min TV pilot based on restaurant industry, ORDER UP!—Telly Award winner for cinematography.