
Director | Screenwriter | Editor
ROBB PAYNE

Getting to know me can be a lot at once...
So let's start with the basics
I craft relentlessly thrilling stories in dark comedy and horror. I grab my audience by the throat, throw them on a rollercoaster, then hit 'em hard
with an unexpected emotional turning point. I have a little bit of everything in every story I tell by shaping the ordinary into something spectacular.
Life isn't one genre, so why should stories be?
My goal is to create a truly unique cinematic experience- one page, one frame, and one cut at a time.
"Director's understand people's behavior:
how you act when no one watches is what defines character.
Editor's know visual storytelling and engaging pacing:
shown from the perspective of said character.
Writer's create authentic realities and create conflict
for your characters to struggle, learn, and grow in."
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
2025 - Nomination - Nightmares Film Festival - Best Horror/Comedy Short
2022 - Winner - Show Some Spark Movie Awards - Best Screenplay
2022 - Winner - Multi-Dimensional Film Festival - Best Screenplay
2021 - Semi-Finalist Screencraft's Horror Screenplay Competition
2020 - Best Editor - Southern Film Festival - Georgia
2019 - Honored - Slamdance Horror Screenplay Festival
2016 - Best of Ringling Silver Juror's Award - Sarasota
2015-2016 - Ringling Film Trustee Scholar - Sarasota



Setting up a shot and checking the lighting for a short film - "The Follicle Doesn't Lie"

On Set doing cinematography for the short film - "The Follicle Doesn't Lie"

1st Assistant Director for a short film - "Nonnie" Director, Krystal Boersen, in the middle between the Director of Photography, Michael Babyak, on the right and myself on the left.

Having a conversation on the set of "Paradise, FL" with the Director Nick Morgulis.

1st Assistant Camera on a short film - "Lunch"

1st Assistant Camera on the short film- "Lunch"

1st Assistant Camera on short film - "Lunch"

On the set of "Most Likely Too.." with the director, Spencer Manning, 1st assistant director - Krystal Boersen, and myself as Producer

Waiting on the next set up to know the frame line and check the levels for the feature film "Paradise, FL"


















