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Rob Hardy (born Robert Hardy, Jr.; July 22, 1971) is a film director, film producer, screenwriter, and television director. With partner Will Packer, he founded the production company Rainforest Films in 1994.〔http://rainforestfilms.com/company/〕 Hardy's films credits include ''The Gospel'', ''Trois'', and ''Trois 2: Pandora's Box''. His television credits include ''ER'', ''Criminal Minds'', ''Arrow'', and ''The Game''. == Film career == Rob Hardy began his career as a high school senior with the camcorder-shot movie G-Man. While pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Florida A&M University, he made the leap to film with the low-budget motion picture ''Chocolate City''. This experience earned him the institution's highest honor, the Bernard Hendricks Student Leadership Award, and helped Hardy and film partner William Packer (Will Packer) launch Rainforest Films. The underground buzz on the project soon led to his controversial film ''Trois''. Hardy not only directed and co-wrote the thriller, he was also instrumental in self-distributing the project to be the fastest Independent African-American film to pass the $1 million mark. In 2003, after directing the critically acclaimed thriller ''Trois 2: Pandora's Box'',〔()〕〔http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004793/awards〕 he added the role of “Producer” to his credits by collaborating with business partner Will Packer to produce ''Motives'', and later, ''Trois: The Escort''. Hardy then wrote and directed the spiritually-themed drama ''The Gospel'' and produced the companion concert film ''The Gospel Live''. Executively producing Mekhi Phifer's directorial film debut ''Puff, Puff, Pass'' soon followed. Next, he served as Executive Producer of Stomp The Yard, which held the No. 1 position at the box office for two weekends in January 2007 and was named Best Movie at the 2007 BET Hip Hop Awards.. He went on to work on several other projects, including ''Stomp The Yard: Homecoming'' and ''Think Like a Man''. Hardy and Packer mutually dissolved Rainforest Films in June of 2014. They were subsequently sued by business partner Bernard Bronner for mismanagement and misappropriation of corporate assets. In March 2015, Hardy launched Rainforest Entertainment. He announced that the new production company will focus on developing scripted and non-scripted content for film, television and digital platforms. Hardy hired Mitzi Miller to serve as Head of Development for the film, television and digital media production company and her offices will be based in Los Angeles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rob Hardy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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