Award-winning, Haitian- American filmmaker
Phil Roc has directed music videos and other projects for clients such as, recording artist/producer John Legend, director/producer
John Singleton, music producer Dallas Austin, VH1, the Ford Motor Company, and more. In 2003, Roc participated in the inaugural
Tribeca All Access Program that is aimed at fostering relationships between filmmakers of color and members of the film industry.
In 2004, he produced the Sony Music DualDisc documentary MADE IN HEAVEN – THE MAKING OF KIND OF BLUE, about the recording
and influence of Miles Davis’ quintessential album. Roc co-wrote, and directed the critically acclaimed, award winning
short film AVENUE X, which premiered at The Tribeca Film Festival, and later went on to screen at several film festivals internationally.
He was nominated for the 2004 IFP Market Gordon Parks Award for Directing, and was awarded Best Director at the 2005 Gotham
International Film & Video Festival. Also in 2005, Roc produced the film accompaniment for the Roger Waters opera- ÇA-IRA,
which premiered in Rome, Italy. Roc completed another award-winning film in 2006- RHYME ANIMAL, a hip-hop horror thriller,
starring Craig 'muMs' Grant, Al Thompson, and Bridget Barkan. He recently completed two film projects for The Apollo
Theater Foundation, THE HISTORY OF THE APOLLO THEATER- THEN & NOW, and A TRIBUTE TO JAMES BROWN. He is currently working
on a documentary about the return of Jamaican Reggae music pioneer Claudius "Kingman" Linton. Mr. Roc lives
and works in New York City.
(photo:Mark Berndt)
