Rob Schröder

Rob Schröder

Rob SCHRÖDER (1950) is a Dutch writer, graphic designer and documentary filmmaker. He was the founder of ‘Wild Plakken’, a politically activist designer collective working for (among others) cultural institutions. He was a professor at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and also one the founders of the Sandberg Institute. As a documentary maker he worked on independent programmes and films, as well as for broadcaster VPRO. In 2018, Schröder made the film Possessed together with Metahaven, which is nominated for a Hivos Tiger Award.

Filmography

(selection) Sonic Fragments – The Poetics of Digital Fragmentation (2000, segment "Dreams of a Dead Poet”), Ouwehoeren/Meet the Fokkens (2011, doc, co-dir), Plastic Harem (2014, doc, co-dir), Possessed (2018, doc, co-dir)