I draw upon various sources including history and mythology for inspiration to create engaging visuals and character driven stories.
Company
Robert Howat Productions
    I worked as an actor in both theatre and film for several years gaining valuable practical experience before turning to writing and directing for film.
    My current science fiction comedy short film Professor Henry Bowfax's Fantastic Journey Through Time! has won The Golden Raptor Award at the 2022 Scottish Short Film Festival, Best Editing at the 2022 New Wave Film Festival Munich, Best Sci-Fi at the 2022 Tokyo International Short Film Festival, a Silver Award at the 2022 Spotlight Short Film Awards USA and an Honorable mention at the October edition of the 2021 Berlin Flash Film Festival.
    My recent short action film Junction Zero was nominated for Best Apocalyptic Action at the 2021 End Of Days Film Festival USA, won a Gold Award at the 2021 Spotlight Short Films Awards USA and an Honorable Mention at the March edition of the 2021 Berlin Flash Film Festival.
    My science fiction comedy short film Professor Henry Bowfax's Incredible Journey Through Time! won a Silver Award at the 2019 Spotlight Short Film Awards USA, a Special Mention Award at the 2019 One-Reeler Short Film Competition USA, was nominated for Most Creative/Original Film at the 2019 Scottish Short Film Festival and was a Finalist and Honorable Mention Winner for Best Indie Short at the September 2019 edition of the Vegas Movie Awards USA.
    My short films have also included Robber Girls utilising my love of history in my first historical period piece which won a Silver Award at the 2017 Spotlight Short Film Awards USA and Best Jury Choice Award at the Direct Monthly Online Film Festival USA July 2019.
    • Producer (15 Credits)
      End Dead Job2022
      Short
      The Fifth Shot2022
      Short
      Professor Henry Bowfax's Fantastic Journey Through Time!2021
      Short
      Impreggnable2020
      Short
      Junction Zero2020
      Short
      Preacher Droid2020
      Short
      Professor Henry Bowfax's Incredible Journey Through Time!2019
      Short
      The Drop Of Linen2019
      Short
      Career Opportunity: The Protégé2017
      Short
      Career Opportunity2016
      Short
      Junction2016
      Short
      Out Of His Tree2016
      Short
      Robber Girls2016
      Short
      Chalice2015
      Short
      Sacred Birth2014
      Short
    • Writer (15 Credits)
      End Dead Job2022
      Short
      The Fifth Shot2022
      Short
      Professor Henry Bowfax's Fantastic Journey Through Time!2021
      Short
      Impreggnable2020
      Short
      Junction Zero2020
      Short
      Preacher Droid2020
      Short
      Professor Henry Bowfax's Incredible Journey Through Time!2019
      Short
      The Drop Of Linen2019
      Short
      Career Opportunity: The Protégé2017
      Short
      Career Opportunity2016
      Short
      Junction2016
      Short
      Out Of His Tree2016
      Short
      Robber Girls2016
      Short
      Chalice2015
      Short
      Sacred Birth2014
      Short
    • Director (15 Credits)
      End Dead Job2022
      Short
      The Fifth Shot2022
      Short
      Professor Henry Bowfax's Fantastic Journey Through Time!2021
      Short
      Impreggnable2020
      Short
      Junction Zero2020
      Short
      Preacher Droid2020
      Short
      Professor Henry Bowfax's Incredible Journey Through Time!2019
      Short
      The Drop Of Linen2019
      Short
      Career Opportunity: The Protégé2017
      Short
      Career Opportunity2016
      Short
      Junction2016
      Short
      Out Of His Tree2016
      Short
      Robber Girls2016
      Short
      Chalice2015
      Short
      Sacred Birth2014
      Short
    • Acting (10 Credits)
      End Dead Job2022
      Short
      The Fifth Shot2022
      Short
      Professor Henry Bowfax's Fantastic Journey Through Time!2021
      Short
      Impreggnable2020
      Short
      Junction Zero2020
      Short
      Preacher Droid2020
      Short
      Professor Henry Bowfax's Incredible Journey Through Time!2019
      Short
      The Drop Of Linen2019
      Short
      Junction2016
      Short
      Out Of His Tree2016
      Short
    Gold Award Winner
    The Fifth Shot
    Spotlight Short Film Awards
    Atlanta, Georgia
    2023
    Official Selection
    The Fifth Shot
    Brainwash Movie Festival
    San Francisco
    2023
    Gold Award Winner
    End Dead Job
    Spotlight Short Film Awards
    Atlanta, Georgia
    2023
    Official Selection
    Professor Henry Bowfax's Fantastic Journey Through Time!
    Gateway International Film Festival
    North Bay, Ontario
    2023
    Super Short Horror/Thriller Winner
    End Dead Job
    Berlin Flash Film Festival
    Berlin
    2022
    Official Selection
    End Dead Job
    Shockfest Film Festival
    2022
    Silver Award Winner
    Professor Henry Bowfax's Fantastic Journey Through Time!
    Spotlight Short Film Awards
    Atlanta, Georgia
    2022
    Best Sci-Fi Winner
    Professor Henry Bowfax's Fantastic Journey Through Time!
    Tokyo International Short Film Festival
    Tokyo
    2022
    Official Selection
    Professor Henry Bowfax's Fantastic Journey Through Time!
    AtomaCon Short Film Festival
    North Charleston, South Carolina
    2022
    Best Editing Winner
    Professor Henry Bowfax's Fantastic Journey Through Time!
    New Wave Film Festival
    Munich
    2022
    Golden Raptor Award Winner
    Professor Henry Bowfax's Fantastic Journey Through Time!
    Scottish Short Film Festival
    Edinburgh
    2022
    Official Selection
    Professor Henry Bowfax's Fantastic Journey Through Time!
    Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival
    New York
    2022
    Gold Award Winner
    Junction Zero
    Spotlight Short Film Awards
    Atlanta, Georgia
    2022
    Official Selection
    Professor Henry Bowfax's Fantastic Journey Through Time!
    Vegas Movie Awards
    Las Vegas
    2021
    Honorable Mention
    Professor Henry Bowfax's Fantastic Journey Through Time!
    Berlin Flash Film Festival
    Berlin
    2021
    Honorable Mention
    Junction Zero
    Berlin Flash Film Festival
    Berlin
    2021
    Nominated Best Apocalyptic Action
    Junction Zero
    End Of Days Film Festival
    Orlando
    2021
    Official Selection
    Junction Zero
    B Beside The Seaside Film Festival
    Southport
    2021
    Silver Award
    Preacher Droid
    Spotlight Short Film Awards
    Atlanta, Georgia
    2021
    Official Selection
    Preacher Droid
    Secret Treaties - Strange Political Bedfellows
    New York
    2021
    Honorable Mention
    Preacher Droid
    Happenstance Horror Fest
    Haverhill, Massachusetts
    2021
    Honorable Mention
    Preacher Droid
    Bad Film Fest
    New York
    2021
    Official Selection
    Preacher Droid
    Shockfest Film Festival
    2021
    Silver Award
    Impreggnable
    Spotlight Short Film Awards
    Atlanta, Georgia
    2021
    Official Selection
    Impreggnable
    Screaming Ostrich International Film Festival
    Newton, Massachusetts
    2021
    Official Selection
    Professor Henry Bowfax's Incredible Journey Through Time!
    Harrogate Film Festival
    Harrogate
    2021
    Official Selection
    Preacher Droid
    Northern Frights Festival
    North Bay, Ontario
    2020
    Official Selection
    Preacher Droid
    Berlin Flash Film Festival
    Berlin
    2020
    Honorable Mention Winner
    Impreggnable
    Berlin Flash Film Festival
    Berlin
    2020
    Official Selection
    Professor Henry Bowfax's Incredible Journey Through Time!
    WeMakeFilms International Film Festival
    2020
    Official Selection
    The Drop Of Linen
    Berlin Flash Film Festival
    Berlin
    2019
    Silver Award Winner
    Professor Henry Bowfax's Incredible Journey Through Time!
    Spotlight Short Film Awards
    Atlanta, Georgia
    2019
    Special Mention Winner
    Professor Henry Bowfax's Incredible Journey Through Time!
    One-Reeler Short Film Competition
    Los Angeles
    2019
    Official Selection
    Professor Henry Bowfax's Incredible Journey Through Time!
    Loch Ness Film Festival
    Inverness
    2019
    Nominated Most Creative/Original
    Professor Henry Bowfax's Incredible Journey Through Time!
    Scottish Short Film Festival
    Glasgow
    2019
    Finalist, Best Indie Short Honorable Mention Winner
    Professor Henry Bowfax's Incredible Journey Through Time!
    Vegas Movie Awards
    Las Vegas
    2019
    Official Selection
    Career Opportunity: The Protégé
    Bloodstained Indie Film Festival
    Tokyo
    2019
    Official Selection
    Robber Girls
    Dumbo Film Festival
    New York
    2019
    Best Jury Choice Award Winner
    Robber Girls
    Direct Monthly Online Film Festival
    2019
    Official Selection
    Career Opportunity: The Protégé
    Loch Ness Film Festival
    Loch Ness
    2018
    Official Selection
    Robber Girls
    St Andrews Film Festival
    St Andrews
    2018
    Silver Award Winner
    Career Opportunity: The Protégé
    Spotlight Horror Film Awards
    Atlanta, Georgia
    2017
    Official Selection
    Robber Girls
    Loch Ness Film Festival
    Loch Ness
    2017
    Festival Finalist
    Robber Girls
    Ironstar International Short Film Festival
    Dundee
    2017
    Festival Semi Finalist
    Robber Girls
    Austin Revoultion Film Festival
    Austin, Texas
    2017
    Official Selection
    Robber Girls
    8th Underground Cinema International Film Festival
    Dublin
    2017
    Silver Award Winner
    Robber Girls
    Spotlight Short Film Awards
    Atlanta, Georgia
    2017
    Official Selection
    Junction
    Deep Cut Film Festival
    Kitchener, Ontario
    2017
    Festival Finalist
    Career Opportunity
    Swapping Dead Film Festival
    Seattle
    2016
    Official Selection
    Career Opportunity
    Fright Night Film Fest
    Louisville, Kentucky
    2016
    Official Selection
    Out Of His Tree
    6th Annual Purgatory Film Exhibition
    Detroit, Michigan
    2016
    Bronze Award Winner
    Out Of His Tree
    Spotlight Horror Film Awards
    Atlanta, Georgia
    2016
    Official Selection
    Out Of His Tree
    Motor City Nightmares International Film Festival
    Milford, Michigan
    2016
    Official Selection
    Out Of His Tree
    Fright Night Film Fest
    Louisville, Kentucky
    2016
    Official Selection
    Chalice
    North Wales International Film Festival
    2016
    Official Selection
    Chalice
    The Raptor Filmz Short Scottish Film Festival
    Bathgate
    2016
    Official Selection
    Sacred Birth
    Dark Scream Film Festival
    Hampshire
    2016
    Official Selection
    Sacred Birth
    Loch Ness Film Festival
    Inverness
    2015
    Official Selection
    Sacred Birth
    Motor City Nightmares International Film Festival
    Milford, Michigan
    2015
    Official Selection
    Sacred Birth
    Fright Night Film Festival
    Louisville, Kentucky
    2015
    Official Selection
    Sacred Birth
    Northern Frights Film Festival
    Elliot Lake, Ontario
    2015
    Birth Date
    October 26
    Birth City
    St Andrews Scotland
    Gender
    Male
    Eye Color
    Blue
    Zodiac Sign
    Scorpio
    Very interested in history, particularly the 18th century, and enjoy making reproduction historical weaponry and costumes.
    I draw upon various sources including history and mythology for inspiration to create engaging visuals and character driven stories.
    Company
    Robert Howat Productions
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