Rob Orr Collection
Inclusive Dates
1960 – 1989
Bulk Dates
1970s
Abstract
Collection consisting mainly of 16mm elements of films made by or in collaboration with Robert Orr, both during his high school years and his professional career.
Collection Items
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Items with Viewable Media
- 1000 Days
- ASF TLS
- Beatrice Foods
- Concepts to Casting A.P.
- Concepts to Castings
- Der Erster Urlaubstag
- El Trip
- Harriet Monroe Answer Print from A+B rolls
- Harriet Monroe: To Have Great Poets
- Harriet Monroe: To Have Great Poets...
- Harriet Monroe To Have Great Poets A.P. from A & B
- I Like Nelson School Because...
- May 1978 Odyssey I
- Odyssey
- The Right Stuff
- Soil Test
- Star Power Wat. College
- Test Train
- Test Train 2nd 1/2
- Test Train check print
- [Untitled]
- You and Me
- You and Me A Roll
- You and Me B Neg Trk.
- You and Me B Roll
Collection Identifier
C.2019-02
Extent of Collection
24 reels of 16mm totaling roughly 14,130' and 1 reel of 35mm roughly 1,000' long.
Language Of Materials
English
Subject
Custodial History
Stored at Rob Orr's home in Glenview, IL, until being brought to CFA in January 2019.
Related Collections
Creators
Orr, Rob
(was created by)
Rob Orr works as producer, director, cameraman, and editor. While based in Chicago, he has served on many on corporate communication projects for a diverse client list: Abbott, Fed Ex, McDonald’s, Kraft, HSBC, Zurich to name a few. Has served as segment producer for an eight part PBS series on American architecture and served as Director of Photography for multiple Smithsonian World broadcasts. He has produced projects for education, advocacy and not-for-profits. He taught Film Studies at Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois for 10 years and was awarded a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship for studies in feature film production in West Germany. Video production has taken him to more than 80 countries.