A New York-based filmmaker who grew up in suburban Chicago and Boston. He graduated form Northwestern University, and has written, directed and edited several short films, including the narratives "Two Roads From Belfast, Maine" and "The Man in the Yellow Cap", as well as "Comic Belief" a documentary portrait of the cartoonist Dan Piraro. Since 2014 he has been working on the feature-length documentary, "What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael." A late 2017 release is expected.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Director, editor and writer, also actor and producer
- 4 on Motif · 5 credits in all
Known for
What are Rob Garver's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Morality.
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Rob Garver's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 4 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.
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Subscription and free streaming for Rob Garver's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
5 credits, 4 with a Motif page.
Fatal Destination(2025)
Motif score: 15th percentile of all shows
RUIN: Money, Ego and Deception at FTX (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)
Motif score: 76th percentile of all shows
The Lincoln Project(2022)
Motif score: 8th percentile of all shows
Motif score: 71st percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 2 titles from 2019 to 2023.
Awards
Nominated for a Berlinale award in 2019, Panorama.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
Who does Rob Garver work with?
People who share at least 2 of Rob Garver's Motif titles; Heidi Schlatter shares the most, 2.
- Heidi SchlatterShared titles: Fatal Destination (2025), Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Heidi Schlatter