Down By Pictures is the Los Angeles based creative team of filmmakers Joel Garber & Robin Hardy.
Photo credit: Sam Macon.
Joel Garber is a filmmaker from Milwaukee who is currently based in L.A. He holds degrees in Cinema from San Francisco State University (MFA) and from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (BA). As a Writer-Director, his films have screened at festivals worldwide including the Palm Springs International ShortFest, Miami International Short Film Festival, Wisconsin Film Festival, and at NewFilmmakers NY and LA. Joel has recently collaborated as Consulting Producer with Director Araceli Lemos on her critically acclaimed feature film HOLY EMY which premiered internationally at the Locarno Film Festival and at AFI Fest in the US. HOLY EMY has received numerous accolades including a leading 15 nominations at the 2022 Hellenic Film Academy Awards. As an Editor and Producer for television, Joel has made hours of non-fiction work for clients that include Disney+, Amazon, CBS, HGTV, and Animal Planet.
Robin Hardy is a Los Angeles based Actor, Writer and Producer who grew up in the film industry on sets such as Sex, Lies, and Videotape and Erin Brockovich. Originally from Louisiana, Robin received a B.A. in Theater from the College of Charleston and she continues her studies with the Stuart Rogers' Studio in L.A. Having worked with A-list Directors and Producers in both production and the editing room, Robin has a varied and nuanced understanding of the film world that she is parlaying into her own films.