Rob is a filmmaker working at the intersection of geography and cinema, telling stories that challenge existing narratives of identity, landscape, citizenship, surveillance and power.
His latest work, Underland, is a cinematic documentary adaptation of Robert Macfarlane's bestselling book, made in close collaboration with Macfarlane over four years and produced by Darren Aronofsky. The film premiered in competition at Tribeca Film Festival in June 2025 to critical acclaim — praised by Observer as "a sprawling epic about the scope of human existence" — and went on to win Best Adventure Film at the BANFF Mountain Film Festival.
Prior to Underland, the pair made Upstream (BBC Four), an experimental film shot entirely from the air that traces a Scottish river to its source in the Cairngorm mountains — billed as a "dream-flight into wildness and winter." Rob followed this with The Frozen River, a five-part radio mini-series for BBC Radio 3.
Rob is co-director of the creative studio Milkwood, where he directs and edits films for brands and charities. He is currently developing several feature and installation projects, including And We Will Be Ghosts, a collaboration with filmmaker Harry Macqueen documenting folklore, rites and rituals across the English landscape.
Rob doing his best Nicholas Cage impression. Uncanny.