๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐—. ๐†๐จ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ง won ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ honors at the ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ'๐ฅ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ (2021), ๐ˆ๐…๐€๐ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ (2021), and ๐’๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ (2020) for his role in the ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐-๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  film ๐„๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ, a short drama which he also wrote and directed. His ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐-๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  2019 narrative ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ centers on a group of aspiring musicians brought together by their love for preeminent American vocalist, Marian Anderson.
๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ also directed the 2020 feature-length college comedy ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, streaming now on Amazon Prime, which co-stars singer/songwriter Brian McKnight, Jr. (son of Grammy nominated R&B icon Brian McKnight and international recording artist Julie McKnight).
๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ has written, produced and/or directed multiple award-winning short films, music videos, documentaries, spec TV pilots, commercials and screen and stage-plays. He has produced multiple projects alongside Niki Koss (star of the ABC/Freeform series ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ).
Some of ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ's most notable accolades for screen and teleplay writing includes recognition at the ABC (American Broadcasting Company) Talent Development Program, Set In Philadelphia Screenplay Competition (sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, Oscar nominated Stephen J. Rivele, Comcast and NBCUniversal), and the Accolade Film Competition. He is the author of the YA novel ๐€๐›๐š๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐๐š๐ฆ: ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง ๐‡๐๐‚๐” ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ, available through thousands of retailers nationwide.
๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ mentors and has been shadowed by youth on and off the set. His teaching credits includes the Kathy Wickline Casting Acting for The Camera & Rehoboth Summer Children's Theatre Film camps. He is a 2019 Barrymore Award Nominator and previously served as a judge for the 20th Annual Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition.
SAG/AFTRA member ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐—. ๐†๐จ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ง's feature film credits includes the role of Dunbar Reed opposite Denzel Washington in ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ณ๐ž and ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ. His TV and new media credits includes HBO's ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐—ช๐ข๐ซ๐ž, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ซ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ (pilot), #๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ๐Œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ and ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ. He has also starred in numerous short films and commercials. His musical theatre debut was the role of ๐˜’๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ in ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ: ๐€๐ง ๐Ž๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฉ/๐‘๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ in Los Angeles, California. Other stage credits includes the role of ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ญ' ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ in ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ž ๐’๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ก: ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ (Shockley Foundation), and productions of ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ž and ๐™๐จ๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ.
Robert holds an ๐Œ๐…๐€ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  (Spalding University), ๐.๐€. ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ž & ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ (Magna Cum Laude, Saint Augustineโ€™s University) and ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐—ช๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  (Philadelphia H.S. for Creative & Performing Arts).
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ (๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ) - ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Atlanta
2021
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Atlanta
2021
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Atlanta
2021
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ (Robert X. Golphin)
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Atlanta
2021
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐„๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ž
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Atlanta
2021
๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Atlanta
2021
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Atlanta
2021
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Atlanta
2021
Best Tri State Short (Nominated)
Essential
The IFAP Awards
Philadelphia
2021
๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Phillafilm: Philadelphia International Film Festival & Marketplace
2020
๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Flickfair On Demand Film Festival
2020
๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Manhattanhenge Film Festival
New York
2020
๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐“
Essential
Kosice International Monthly Film Festival
2020
๐’๐‡๐Ž๐‘๐“ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ (Nominated)
Essential
Shorted (ShortedFilms.com)
2020
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐“๐‡
Essential
Direct Monthly Online Film Festival
2020
Official Selection
Voice of Majesty
Screen Power Film Festival
2020
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ๐Œ๐€๐Š๐„๐‘ (๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐—. ๐†๐จ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ง)
Voice of Majesty
The Flight Deck Film Festival
2020
Preview Screening
Voice of Majesty
Shockley Foundation Theatre & Arts Festival
Philadelphia
2019
Leigh Whipper Gold Award - Best Short Subject
Voice of Majesty
Philadelphia International Film Festival & Market
Philadelphia
2019
Leigh Whipper Gold Award for Best Short Film
Under The Thumb
Philadelphia International Film Festival & Marketplace
Philadelphia, PA
2015
Best Actor (Robert X. Golphin) - Nominated
Punch Me
Atlantic City Cinefest
Atlantic City, New Jersey
2011
Best Drama Short (15 Mins or Less) - Nominated
Punch Me
Atlantic City Cinefest
Atlantic City, New Jersey
2011
Honorable Mention
Punch Me
QBC: Queer Black Cinema
New York, New York
2011
Honorable Mention
Punch Me
Love Unlimited Film Festival & Art Exhibition
California
2011
Silver Award for Best Short Subject
Punch Me
Philafilm: Philadelphia International Film Festival & Marketplace
Philadelphia, PA
2011
Jury's Citation -2nd Prize
Punch Me
Black Maria Film Festival
Varied
2011
Best Narrative Short (Honorable Mention)
Un-Perfect
Los Angeles Reel Film Festival
Los Angeles
2011
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ - Channing Brisbane
Essential
GIMFA - Gralha International Monthly Film Awards
๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Creation International Film Festival
๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
New York Movie Awards
๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Rome Independent Prisma Awards
Rome
๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Shelter Shorts
๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Focus International Film Festival
๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Lift Off Global Network Sessions
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ ๐€๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘ (๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ)
Essential
IndieX Film Fest
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐’๐‡๐Ž๐‘๐“ - NOMINATED
Essential
Top Indie Film Awards
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐‘๐„๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘ - NOMINATED
Essential
Top Indie Film Awards
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐€๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘ (Robert X. Golphin) - NOMINATED
Essential
Top Indie Film Awards
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐’๐’๐€๐†๐„
Essential
Top Indie Film Awards
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐€๐‚๐“๐‘๐„๐’๐’ (Lauren Michelle Morgan)
Essential
Top Indie Film Awards
๐‡๐Ž๐๐Ž๐”๐‘๐€๐๐‹๐„ ๐Œ๐„๐๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐
Essential
UK Seasonal Film Festival
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ ๐€๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘ (Honorable Mention) - June 2020
Essential
Independent Shorts Awards
Los Angeles
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐‘๐„๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘
Essential
The Flight Deck Film Festival
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐€๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘ (Robert X. Golphin)
Essential
Screen Power Film Festival
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ (๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐)
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ซ (๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐)
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ (๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐)
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ (๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐)
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐š (๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐)
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
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Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
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Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Special Distinction-Best of LGBT Shorts
Punch Me
FilmOut San Diego
San Diego, California
Narrative Short (Honorable Mention)
Punch Me
Los Angeles Movie Awards
Los Angeles, CA
Birth Date
February 2
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