Robert Swartz
{{Short description|Canadian film and television editor}}
Robert Swartz is a Canadian film and television editor.
Career
He is most noted as a two-time Gemini/Canadian Screen Award winner for his work in television, winning Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety, Performing Arts Program or Series at the 24th Gemini Awards in 2009 for The Young Romantic,Etan Vlessing, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/lifes-zootv-gemini-winners-90296/ "‘Life’s a Zoo.tv’ among Gemini winners"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910221452/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/lifes-zootv-gemini-winners-90296/ |date=2024-09-10 }}. The Hollywood Reporter, October 20, 2009. and Best Editing in a Documentary Program or Series at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013 for When Dreams Take Flight.Adam Benzine, [https://realscreen.com/2013/02/27/income-property-d-day-win-canadian-screen-awards/ "“Income Property,” “D-Day” win Canadian Screen Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809104434/https://realscreen.com/2013/02/27/income-property-d-day-win-canadian-screen-awards/ |date=2022-08-09 }}. RealScreen, February 27, 2013.
He also won the award for Best Editing in a Borsos Competition film at the 2023 Whistler Film Festival for The Boy in the Woods.{{cite web |first=Taimur Sikander |last=Mirza |url=https://playbackonline.ca/2023/12/05/atikamekw-suns-wins-best-canadian-feature-at-wff/ |title=Atikamekw Suns wins best Canadian feature at WFF |publisher=Playback |date=December 5, 2023 |access-date=September 11, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240911210902/https://playbackonline.ca/2023/12/05/atikamekw-suns-wins-best-canadian-feature-at-wff/ |archive-date=2024-09-11}}
His other credits have included the films Milo 55160,Chris Knight, "Editing as a means to direct". National Post, March 29, 2006. The Good Student, How to Start Your Own Country, Hurt, There Is a House Here, Coppers, and Dispatches from a Field Hospital, and episodes of the television series Nova, Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan, Museum Secrets, Cold Water Cowboys, and The Nature of Things.
He also directed the short documentary films Provider (2004) and Cab 138 (2009).{{cite web |url=https://jewishfilmfestivals.org/films/2004/provider/ |title=Provider |website=jewishfilmfestivals.org |year=2005 |access-date=September 12, 2024 }}{{cite web |url=https://tjff.com/media/tjff_2005_programme.pdf |title=The 13th Annual Toronto Jewish Film Festival |page=20 |website=Toronto Jewish Film Festival |date=May 7–15, 2005 |access-date=September 12, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/cab-138/cast/1030072181/ |title=Cab 138 - Full Cast & Crew |website=TV Guide |access-date=September 12, 2024}}
References
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External links
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Category:Canadian film editors
Category:Canadian television editors
Category:Canadian documentary film directors
Category:Canadian Screen Award winning editors
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