bio
Rob Rice is a filmmaker and producer from western Massachusetts, now based in LA.
He did an MFA at CalArts and, before changing careers, worked as a CRISPR engineer at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
His feature debut, Way Out Ahead of Us, was produced by Matt Porterfield and premiered at the 2022 FIDMarseille before going on to screen at RIDM, ICA London, Black Canvas, São Paulo and many others.
His recent work as a producer includes Lucy Kerr’s Family Portrait (Locarno 2023), Tyler Taormina’s forthcoming Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point (starring Michael Cera, Greg Turkington, Francesca Scorsese, and Sawyer Spielberg), and the debut feature from Advik Beni. In 2023, he also AD’d Room Temperature, a new feature from literary icon Dennis Cooper and co-director Zac Farley.
PONDEROSA
FEATURE in pre-production
...a terrifying bunuelian comedy about right wing ideological reproduction and some cathartic ways to sabotage it. When the buffet where Zeke’s mom works closes down, he’s forced to entertain the advances of a rich regular who seems strangely set on becoming his dad.
Written and Directed by Rob Rice
Produced by Krista Minto and Matt Porterfield
Reach out for script, decks and budget.
