Tyler Rabinowitz
Directing
Biography
TYLER RABINOWITZ is an LA-based writer-director-producer, and a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts. As a writer-director, Tyler's credits include SEE YOU SOON (NewFest '20 - Special Jury Mention for Acting, Palm Springs International ShortFest '20 - Audience Pick, Outfest '20, BFI Flare '20, Short of the Week, Vimeo Staff Pick) and HOW I GOT TO THE MOON BY SUBWAY (Vimeo Staff Pick, Outfest 2019, Palm Springs International ShortFest 2019). His short film ALIENTOLOGISTS was acquired by Gunpowder and Sky's sci-fi streaming platform DUST and received the National Board of Review's 2018 Marion Carter Green Award. His feature screenplay DESIRE was recognized as Best Dramatic Feature at the 2019 Nashville Film Festival's Screenplay Competition, a 2019 Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship Finalist, and a 2019 Bluecat Screenplay Competition Semi-Finalist. As a producer, Tyler's credits include LAVENDER (Sundance '19, SXSW '19, Vimeo Staff Pick Premiere), which was acquired by Searchlight Pictures, as well as THE MESS HE MADE (SXSW 2017, Short of the Week), and the music video for the platinum hit song LIGHTS DOWN LOW by MAX ft. gnash. Tyler is an alumnus of Tribeca Film Institute's All Access grantee program, the Sundance Creative Producing Summit, Sundance Ignite Fellowship, Sundance Artist Talent Forum, the Inside Out LGBTQ+ Film Finance Forum, and the Jacob Burns Film Center's Creative Culture Fellowship. In 2011, he was honored by President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts.
Known For
A young gay man grows increasingly entangled in the marriage of an older couple.
Lavender
Gus, Will, and Brian have been fast friends since middle school. Now in their mid-twenties, Gus is the only one to have left their hometown for New York City, immersing himself in the queer community and finally coming into his own. He returns home for a weekend camping with “the boys” on Catalina Island, and must find new common ground now that he has changed, while discovering how his friends have changed too.
Catalina
A tender queer romance about a gay man who travels across the country to spend the weekend with someone he met on a dating app.
See You Soon
When Earth no longer exists, neighboring aliens examine human artifacts that float around in its place like paleontologists learning about ancient ancestors. This is the story of a curious alien struggling to fit in with his robotic co-workers and how his accidental discovery of a mysterious box full of noise leads his team to understanding one of humanity's most special gifts.
Alientologists
After being diagnosed with ALS, Sol visits the hospital with his partner Ben to record a voice bank of phrases and words before he loses the ability to speak. But speaking openly in front of medical professionals doesn't come easy to Sol. This isn't so much a case of coming out as of trying to stay in.
How I Got to the Moon by Subway
A man spends 15 minutes waiting for the results of a Rapid HIV Test.
The Mess He Made
A wallflower at a 1940's swing dance supper party is determined not to be a wallflower anymore. As a silent-era film set at a swing dance, the film features dancing that hearkens back to classic movie musicals.
The Swing of Things
You think they are together, but then realize it is a fleeting dream. Perfect experimental take on the emotional examination of gay hook-up culture.