Robert Lang (producer)
Robert Lang | |
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documentary, factual television | |
| Notable works | The Shadow of Gold,Museum Secrets, Raw Opium, Diamond Road, The Sacred Balance |
| Website | |
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Robert Lang is a Canadian film producer, director, and writer. His career began in Montreal in the early 70s working on independent productions and at the National Film Board of Canada as a documentary film director and cinematographer. In 1980, he moved to Toronto, where he founded his own independent production company, Kensington Communications, to produce documentaries for television and non-theatrical markets. Since 1998, Lang has been involved in conceiving and producing interactive media for the Web and mobile devices.
Career
Robert Lang's work in television includes a number of documentary and factual series: Museum Secrets, a 22-part television series that investigates the stories behind artifacts in great museums around the world for History, UKTV and BBC Worldwide; Shameless Idealists, a five-part series that profiles a number of prominent change-makers and social activists for CTV; Diamond Road, a three-part series about the diamond industry for TVO, ZDF Arte and Discovery Times; The Sacred Balance, a four-part miniseries for CBC and PBS based on the book by geneticist and environmentalist Dr. David Suzuki; 72 Hours: True Crime, a true crime factual series for CBC and TLC; and Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science, a forensic crime series hosted by Graham Greene for Discovery and TLC.
Most recently, Lang's productions include: a one hour program for
Before that he was responsible for several documentary films, including: as producer, co-writer of Raw Opium, which examines the failure of the War on Drugs through the lives of people involved in the international opium trade (TVO, ZDF Arte, SBS); as director/writer/producer of Return to Nepal, in which musician
He has produced many interactive digital projects over the years, from River of Sand interactive website (1998), to The Sacred Balance online (2003), Diamond Road interactive documentary (2007), Museum Secrets Interactive (2011),
Lang was recipient of the
Filmography
TV Series credits
| Year(s) | Program | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–2002 | Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science | co-creator, producer, director (shared credits) | 66 episodes |
| 2002 | The Sacred Balance | executive producer, director (shared credit) | 4 X 1 hour |
| 2003-2007 | 72 Hours: True Crime | co-creator, executive producer (shared credit) | 45 episodes |
| 2007 | Diamond Road | producer, executive producer | 3 X 1 hour limited series, feature doc |
| 2009 | City Sonic | producer, director (Serena Ryder), executive producer (shared credit) | 20 episodes |
| 2010-2013 | Museum Secrets | executive producer, co-creator, director (Inside the Vatican) | 22 episodes |
| 2012 | Shameless Idealists | director, writer, executive producer | 5 x 1/2 hour |
Select documentary credits
| Year | Film | Producer | Director | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | A Great Tree Has Fallen | Yes | Yes | |
| 1976 | Potatoes | Yes | ||
| 1981 | Childhood's End | Yes | Yes | |
| 1983 | Joe David: Spirit of the Mask | Yes | Yes | |
| 1985 | Fragile Harvest | Yes | Yes | |
| 1986 | Seeds | Yes | Yes | |
| 1988 | One Warm Line: The Legacy of Stan Rogers | Yes | Yes | |
| 1991 | Mariposa: Under a Stormy Sky | Yes | Yes | |
| 1991 | Earth Journal with Richard Leakey | Yes | Yes | |
| 1993 | The Biggest Little Ticket | Yes | Yes | |
| 1996 | Separate Lives | Yes | Yes | |
| 1998 | River of Sand | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2001 | My Beat: The Life and Times of Bruce Cockburn | Yes | Yes | |
| 2003 | Almost Home: a Sayisi Dene Journey | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2007 | Diamond Road | Yes | ||
| 2008 | Return to Nepal | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2011 | Raw Opium | Yes | Yes | |
| 2015 | The Drop: Why Young People Don't Vote | Yes | ||
| 2016 | The Equalizer | Yes | ||
| 2016 | Risk Factor AKA The Truth About Risk | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2017 | Champions vs. Legends | Yes | ||
| 2018 | The Shadow of Gold | Yes | Yes | |
| 2019 | The Nature's Cleanup Crew | Yes | ||
| 2022 | Why We Dance | Yes |
Accolades
- 2016 Platinum Remi Award - The Equalizer, Houston International Film Festival, Sports Documentary
- 2016 Finalist, Sports Documentary, The Equalizer, International Sport Film Festival Palermo
- 2016 Nominated, Best Sports Program, Canadian Screen Awards, 2016
- 2014 Canadian Screen Award - Museum Secrets (ACCT) Best Factual Series, Best Editing in an Information Program or Series
- 2013 Canadian Screen Award - Museum Secrets (ACCT)[1]
- 2008 Canadian New Media Awards, Best News Information, Diamond Road Online (CNMA)[2][3]
- 2008
- 2008 Platinum Award – Best Feature Documentary, Diamond Road (Houston Worldfest)[5]
- 2007 Worldmedal – Docudrama, 72 Hours:True Crime (New York Festivals)[6]
- 2005 Worldmedal – Docudrama, 72 Hours:True Crime (New York Festivals)[7]
- 2004 Golden Sheaf Award – Best Documentary, Social/Political Almost Home (Yorkton Festival)[8]
- 2004 NFB Kathleen Shannon Award, Almost Home (Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival)[9]
- 2004 Platinum Award – Ecology/Environment/Conservation, Sacred Balance Show 3 Fire of Creation (Houston Worldfest)[10]
- 2003 Prix Science & Societé, Sacred Balance Show 2: The Matrix of Life (Paris Festival International de l’Emission Scientifique de Télévision)[11]
- 1998 Prix Regard Canadien, River of Sand (Vues D’Afrique)
- 1998
- 1997 Hot Docs – Vision TV Humanitarian Award, A Place in the World[13]
- 1995 Award of Excellence – Best Variety, The Biggest Little Ticket (Alliance for Children and Television)[14]
- 1994 Blé D’Or Award, Fragile Harvest (Agrovidéo, Montreal)
- 1990 Gold Award, Seeds (Berlin Agricultural Film Festival)
References
- ^ "Awards Database". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved Dec 3, 2013.
- ^ "www.bullfrogfilms.com". Bullfrog Films. Retrieved Dec 3, 2013.
- ^ "Top 15 - 2008 Canadian New Media Awards". Backbone Magazine. Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved Dec 3, 2013.
- ^ "Canadian Screen Awards database". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved Dec 3, 2013.
- ^ "2008 Worldfest Winner's List" (PDF). Worldfest Houston. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2009. Retrieved Dec 3, 2013.
- ^ "New York Festivals Awards Database". New York Festivals. Retrieved Dec 3, 2013.
- ^ "New York Festivals Awards Database". New York Festivals. Retrieved Dec 3, 2013.
- ^ "2004 Canadian Golden Sheaf Award Winners". Yorkton Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved Dec 3, 2013.
- ^ "2004 Canadian Golden Sheaf Award Winners". Yorkton Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved Dec 3, 2013.
- ^ "Houston Worldfest Houston Winners 2004" (PDF). Worldfest Houston. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2007. Retrieved Dec 3, 2013.
- ^ "A David Suzuki Foundation Moment in History: The Sacred Balance". David Suzuki Foundation. Retrieved Dec 3, 2013.
- ^ "Canadian Screen Awards Database". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved Dec 3, 2013.
- ^ "1997 Hot Docs Awards Archive". Hot Docs. Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved Dec 3, 2013.
- ^ "Bizet's Dream and Watatow take ACT Awards". Playback Magazine. Retrieved Dec 3, 2013.
External links
- Robert Lang at IMDb
- Kensington Communications