2008
2009
ROBERT L. CAMINA GREW UP IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, WHERE BY THE AGE OF FIVE HE WAS ALREADY BEHIND A CAMERA THAT WAS NEARLY AS BIG AS HE WAS. THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE, HE PRODUCED VIDEOS FOR CLASSES AND CLUBS.
AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO WITH A B.B.A. IN MARKETING, HE MOVED TO DALLAS TO PURSUE A MARKETING CAREER. THE CAREER LEFT NO TIME FOR HIS TRUE PASSION, FILM MAKING. HE LEFT CORPORATE AMERICA TO PURSUE THE ART FULL TIME.
GRADUATE OF THE NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY.
ROBERT IS A PROUD MEMBER OF TEXAS MOTION PICTURE ALLIANCE (TXMPA) AND THE TEXAS FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION.
ROBERT’S FIRST OFFICIAL FILM, “HUNTER4LOVE” PLAYED IN ELEVEN FILM FESTIVALS ACROSS THE U.S. IN 2007 & 2008.
THE PROMOTIONAL VIDEO HE DIRECTED FOR THE DALLAS THEATER CENTER, “MEET KEVIN MORIARTY” EARNED HIM TWO TELLY AWARDS: “OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECT MARKETING” - BRONZE, AND “CULTURAL MARKETING” - BRONZE. THE TELLY AWARDS ARE THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY’S HIGHEST ACCOLADE. NOMINATION IN THREE CATEGORIES. THE TELLY AWARDS HONOR THE VERY BEST IN LOCAL, REGIONAL AND CABLE TELEVISION COMMERCIALS AND PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS THE FINEST VIDEO AND FILM PRODUCTIONS, AND WORK CREATED FOR THE WEB.
IN MARCH 2008, ROBERT WAS HONORED WITH THE “BEST LOCAL FILM DIRECTOR” AWARD, AS VOTED ON BY READERS OF THE DALLAS VOICE, THE LEADING GLBT PUBLICATION IN THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX!
IN JUNE 2008, ROBERT RECEIVED THE “QBLISS CREATING CHANGE COMMUNITY AWARD - PRIDE IN CINEMA” IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AS PART OF MID-SOUTH PRIDE.
“MARTINI THE MOVIE”, ROBERT’S SECOND OFFICIAL SHORT FILM, WRAPPED PRODUCTION IN THE FALL OF 2008. SINCE ITS DEBUT IN JANUARY 2009, THE AWARD WINNING FILM PLAYED NINE FILM FESTIVALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, IN MARCH 2009, ROBERT WAS HONORED WITH THE “BEST LOCAL FILM DIRECTOR” AWARD, AS VOTED ON BY READERS OF THE DALLAS VOICE, THE LEADING GLBT PUBLICATION IN THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX!
IN JUNE 2009, ROBERT BEGAN PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON HIS FIRST FULL LENGTH FEATURE FILM, “RAID OF THE RAINBOW LOUNGE”, A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE POLICE RAID OF A FORT WORTH GAY BAR THAT SPARKED AN UNPRECEDENTED OUTCRY BY THE GAY COMMUNITY LEADING TO HISTORIC CHANGE. FILM IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN FALL OF 2010.
IN SEPTEMBER 2009, ROBERT RECEIVED THE “QBLISS CREATING CHANGE COMMUNITY AWARD - OUTSTANDING SHORT FILM” FOR “MARTINI THE MOVIE.
IN MARCH 2010, ROBERT RECEIVED THE “BEST LOCAL FILM DIRECTOR” AWARD, AS VOTED ON BY READERS OF THE DALLAS VOICE NEWSPAPER, FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
