2016 Nevada Woman Filmmaker of the Year: Robin Greenspun

Robin Greenspun wowed us in 2016 with her beautiful and intimate documentary Semicolon; the Adventures of Ostomy Girl. This story of 25-year-old Dana is “an awe-inspiring testament to the triumph of tenacity and the human spirit in the face of grave adversity.”

Robin Greenspun has had a varied and diverse career in media including television, film and advertising for over 40 years.

Greenspun was a partner in Stone Village Pictures and was an Executive Producer on the films LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA and PENELOPE.

Through her company, Culture Dog Films, Greenspun has been producing and directing documentary films including SEMICOLON; THE ADVENTURES OF OSTOMY GIRL, ARE YOU REALLY MY FRIEND?, and THE ZEN SPEAKER: BREAKING THE SILENCE. Her latest film is FOR VEGAS, featuring a narrative written by exiled Egyptian writer, Ahmed Naji, a City of Asylum Fellow at UNLV.

A longtime advocate for the arts, Greenspun was a founder of the Discovery Children’s Museum in Las Vegas and served on the Kennedy Center President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts. She has served in leadership positions on numerous community and state boards, serving as a member and Chair of the Nevada Arts Council for 8 years and as a member of the Las Vegas/Clark County Library District Board of Trustees. She received the Governor’s Arts Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts in 1999.

She is currently a member of the advisory board of the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute, a Co-Chair of the Nevada Independent Advisory Council and a board member of St. Jude’s Ranch for Children.

Greenspun received the 2016 Nevada Woman Filmmaker of the Year award from the Nevada Women’s Film Festival.

Greenspun attended San Diego State University and has a degree in Communication Studies from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.