Robert A. Nowotny
- Producer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Robert A. Nowotny is an award-winning motion picture and television
producer whose projects have been honored at literally dozens of
well-established film festivals worldwide including Cannes, Toronto,
Los Angeles, Tokyo, Ghent, Denver, Houston, Sofia and Athens. His The
Legend Of Billy The Kid, produced for the Disney Channel, was nominated
for two Emmys, winning one. To date, his career includes seven
independently-financed feature films - the majority having been shot in
35mm. Among these is The Radicals, selected by the International
Festival of the Arts as one of the three best historical dramas
produced in the United States. (The other two were Shindler's List and
Gettysburg.) Behind the scenes, Mr. Nowotny has judged over 3,000
scripts over the past twenty-five years for various international
screenplay competitions, including the Cable Ace Awards. In addition,
Mr. Nowotny has reviewed over 150 motion pictures for various
newspapers as well as for his proprietary movie review website,
NeedToVent.com, and for Los Angeles-based Moviesmackdown.com. Among his
published books is The Way Of All Flesh Tones: The History of Motion
Picture Processes, 1895-1929, considered to be the definitive source on
the subject. He graduated with double honors from the highly
prestigious Honors Program of the School of Business Administration at
the University of Texas at Austin. After earning his Master's Degree in Film Production and
Film History from the University of Texas at Austin, he studied
filmmaking under the auspices of the School of Visual Arts in New York
City and at the Sundance Institute in Utah.