Rob Nilsson, working in his workshop based improvisational style, has made 45 some feature films and won awards including the Camera d’Or, Cannes Film Festival for NORTHERN LIGHTS (1979), the Grand Prize at Sundance for HEAT AND SUNLIGHT (1988) and the San Francisco Film Critics Circle Marlon Riggs Award for the 9 @ Night Film Cycle (2008). Film festival Lifetime Achievement Awards and Retrospectives include Moscow, Mill Valley, Varna (Bulgaria), Armenia, Syracuse, St. Louis, Kansas City, Hong Kong and New Dehli.