​​Rob Underhill

Recent Awards

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-BLACK REEL AWARD Nominee, Best Short

-BEST REGIONAL FILMMAKER, RAWards Indie

  Art Award recipient

-FEATURED SPEAKER, NCSU English Department

  Graduation Commencement

-CAROLINA STYLE MAGAZINE, one of 25

  "Most Stylish People" Influencing Positive Change

  in the Carolinas

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The Line Jumper

-RUBY AWARD BEST COMEDY, 8th Focus Int'l Fest

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Interview With Ian

-BEST SHORT FILM, 10th Raleigh Film Festivall

-BEST DETECTIVE FILM, 6th Oniros Film Awards

-BEST THRILLER, Toronto Int'l Women Film Fest

-BEST ACTOR, Art Spirit Film Awards

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Blaming And Shaming

 *12 International Film Festival Awards*

 *6 Award Nominations*

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Us or Them

 *12 International Film Festival Awards*

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Aghast

-OPENING SELECTION, Academy Award-qualifying

 23rd Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival

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Karma's Shadow

-BEST FILM & DIRECTOR, 13th Tupelo Film Fest

-BEST ACTION FILM, Best Film Fest

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No Child

-BEST FILM, Los Angeles CineFest

-BEST FILM, Raleigh Film Festival

-BEST FILM & ACTOR, SC Cultural Film Fest

-BEST NARRATIVE FILM, Florida Movie Fest

-2nd BEST FILM, 12th Lancaster Int'l Short Film Fest

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Bragg N East

-BEST FAMILY FILM, 15th Wilmington Film Awards

-BEST FILM, 30th Black Int'l Cinema, Berlin

-BEST NARRATIVE FILM, NC Family Film Festival

-BEST PRODUCTION, The Best Film Fest

-REGIONAL FILM AWARD, FAM Fest

-2nd BEST SHORT, Bayou City Inspiration'l Film Fest

-BEST COSTUMES, On the Reel Film Festival

-OPENING SELECTION, 9th New Bern Film Fest

-HONORARY MENTION, 21st Twin Rivers Meda FF

 

This Was My Son

-World Premiere, 23rd St Louis Int'l Film Fest

-West Coast Premiere, 41st Seattle Int'l Film Fest

-BEST FILM, The Short Film Awards

-BEST FILM, 6th Artlightenment Art & Film Fest

-BEST ACTOR, 6th Artlightenment Art & Film Fest

-2nd BEST FILM, Florida Movie Festival

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The Carrington Event
-BEST DRAMA, 13th Cape Fear Ind. Film Festival

-BEST FAMILY DRAMA, Third World Indie Film Fest

-BEST DIRECTOR, Boston Ind't Film fest

-BEST ACTRESS, Boston Ind't Film fest

-CLOSING SELECTION, 18th Magnolia Film fest

-Nominated BEST FEATURE FILM & FAMILY FILM, 13th Cape Fear Ind. Film Fest



DAR HE: The Lynching of Emmett Till

-BEST FEATURE, 9th Peachtree Village Int'l FF

-ALTERNATIVE FEATURE, 12th Garden State FF

-GRAND PRIX, NW Ohio Ind Film Festival

-BEST FEATURE, Phenom FIlm Fest

-BEST FILM, Black International Cinema Berlin

-BEST FEATURE, 12th Hollywood Black Film Fest
-BEST FILM, 27th Black Int'l Cinema Berlin, GERMANY
-BEST FEATURE FILM, 14th San Francisco Black FF
-BEST EXP. FILM, 38th Newark Black Film Fest
-BEST FEATURE FILM, 2nd Charlotte Black Film Fest
-BEST FILM, 11th North Carolina Black Film Fest
-BEST OVERALL DRAMA, 7th New Bern Ind FF
-BEST FEATURE 3rd, 9th Tupelo Film Fest

-MADA AWARD, 8th COMMFFEST, CANADA

-BEST DIRECTOR & ACTOR, NW Ohio Ind Film Fest

-BEST ACTOR & AUDIENCE CHOICE, Phenom FF

-BEST ACTOR, 8th Harlem Int'l Film Festival
-BEST ACTOR, Gwinnett Ctr Int'l Film Fest
-AWARD for ORIGINALITY, Julien Dubuque Int'l FF
-BEST EDITING, 13th Real to Reel Film Fest

-BEST ACTOR, 13th Real to Reel Film Fest
-BEST ACTOR, 11th North Carolina Black Film Fest
-JUDGE'S AWARD for CREATIVE VISION, 9th Secret City Film Fest

-OPENING SELECTION, YES Film Fest
-OPENING SELECTION, NC Family Film Fest
-OPENING SELECTION, Jaxon Film Fest
-OPENING SELECTION, Underexposed Film Fest

 

Running in Place

-BEST MUSIC VIDEO, 7th Rumschpringe Int'l Short Film Fest

-3rd BEST MUSIC VIDEO, Bayou City Inspiration'l FF

 

MONEY 1955: The Emmett Till Murder Trial

-BEST DRAMA, 14th Cape Fear Ind't Film Fest

-BEST SC FILM, 12th Urban Mediamakers Film Fest

-AUDIENCE CHOICE, 12th UMFF

Wolf Call

-JUDGES CHOICE, Fallbrook Int'l Film Festival

-BEST SHORT FILM, Hollywood Black Film Festival

-BEST IN SHOW, On the Reel Film Festival

-BEST SHORT, Gasparilla Int'l Film Fest

-BEST OF THE FEST, Southern Appalachian Int'l FF

-BEST OF THE FEST, Lancaster Area Film Festival

-BEST HISTORICAL SHORT, Bayou City Inspirational

-BEST SHORT FILM, Peachtree Village Int'l Film Fest

-BEST OF THE FEST, Short. Sweet. Film Fest

-BEST FILM, Light Factory's Filmmakers' Showcase

-BEST SHORT FILM, Appalachian Film Festival

-2nd BEST INT'L SHORT FILM, Clare Valley Film Fest

-BEST SHORT SUBJECT, NC Black Film Festival

-BEST FILM, Black Int'l Cinema, Berlin

-BEST ACTOR, Beaufort International Film Festival

-BEST STORY, Southern Appalachian Int'l Film Fest

-BEST DRAMA, Southern Appalachian Int'l Film Fest

-BEST ACTOR, Offshoot Film Fest

-BEST INT'L ACTOR, Clare Valley Film Fest

-BEST ACTOR (SHORT), NW Ohio Ind. Film Fest

-BEST WRITTEN FILM, Magnolia Ind. Film Fest

-AUDIENCE CHOICE, Twin Rivers Media Festival

-BEST ACTOR, Carrboro Film Festival

-AUDIENCE CHOICE, Carrboro Film Festival

-BEST DIRECTOR & ACTOR, On the Reel Film Fest


Timed Romance​

BEST LOCAL FILM, Light Factory Filmmakers' Showcase

​BEST FILM 2nd, Ava Gardner Film Fest



​Empty Space
-BEST SHORT FILM, Bronzeville Cultural Festival
-BEST SHORT FILM, NC Black Film Festival
-BEST ACTOR, Black International Cinema Berlin
-BEST ACTOR, and nominated for Best Overall Film,
Texas Black Film Festival
-AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, Twin Rivers Media Fest
-AUDIENCE CHOICE, Carrboro Film Festival

-BEST ACTOR, Carrboro Film Festival

-TELLY AWARD for DIRECTION for film,
 Economic Sense
-TELLY AWARD for CINEMATOGRAPHY for film,
 Homebound
-TELLY AWARD for CINEMATOGRAPHY for
reality show TV pilot, Order Up!​
 

Honorable Mentions at the Twin Rivers Media Festival for 3 commercials: "Red Carpet," "Ladies Night," and "The Beach."