ROBERT RANKIN JR
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER/ PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR
Background
Over the past 20 years, Robert Rankin Jr. has worked diligently to not only improve his professional platform but to improve the quality of life for those in his community. He has volunteered for numerous community based organizations including JDRF, the Lupus Foundation and spent 2 years as the Chief Operating Office for the Lasco Cancer Fund. He spent 5 years facilitating the support of individuals with MH/MR/DD/SA diagnosis through his work as a direct care provider and eventually worked his way up to being a mental health Case Manager in Rowan County. He would leave the mental health field to serve in the US Army as an Airborne Parachute Rigger with the 82nd SUS. 647th Quartermaster Company. After medically retiring from the US Army, he turned his focus towards serving people through complementary integrative care services as a practitioner at Our Legacy Integrative Health Research and Education LLC. While continuing to operate in the capacity of Integrative Practitioner, he decided to return to his creative roots and connected with local producers and directors to make his transition back into the film and photography industry.
In 2021, he graduated from CPCC’s Broadcasting and Production program and began expanding his clientele for the production company he started in 2020. Some of his achievements as of January 2022 includes;
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Working as a Director of Photography on the award nominated short film "Another Sunrise"
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Filming and editing the 2019 9/11 memorial ceremony for Central Piedmont Community College
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Winning Best Overall Film in the 2022 Awesome Film festival for his first feature film "This is Life" which is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. For this film he was the Writer, Director, Producer, and Editor
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" This is Life" was also nominated for Best Film Made in the Carolinas at the 2022 Charlotte Black Film Festival
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He was Co-Director, Cinematographer, and Editor for the 2021 Halloween short film "Ding Dong" that was selected as a Finalist in the 2022 Multi- Dimension independent film festival and a Finalist with Special Recognition in the 2021 One-Reeler Short Film Competition.
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Nominated for Filmmaker of the year at the 2022 and 2023 Queen City Awards show
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Nominated for Author of the Year in the 2023 Queen city awards show.
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Published 2 books "The Orders of Operations for Relationships" and "Embracing Love: A Christian Guide to Fulfilling Relationships. Both currently available in e-book and paperback form on
Link to This is Life film
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0B8M9D24K/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r
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Link to The Orders of Operations for Relationship Books
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Link to Embracing Love; A Christian Guide to Fulfilling Relationships
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