Robert Hardy, Jr. is a film director, film producer, screenwriter, and
television director. With partner Will Packer, he founded the
production company Rainforest Films in 1994. Hardy's film credits
include The Gospel, Trois, and Trois 2: Pandora's Box. His television
credits include ER, Criminal Minds, Arrow, and The Game.Hardy shot his
first substantive video on camcorder, G-Man, while a high school
senior at the George School. He shot his first work on film, Chocolate
City, while at Florida A&M University, for which he earned the
University's Bernard Hendricks Student Leadership Award. The success
of Chocolate City helped Hardy and his film partner Will Packer launch
Rainforest Films. Hardy's next film, the erotic thriller Trois, saw
him as director, co-writer, and self-distributor. Trois became the
fastest Independent African-American film to pass the US$1 million
mark. A critically acclaimed sequel, Trois 2: Pandora's Box, followed.
In 2003, Hardy produced his first film, Motives, followed by the third
in the Trois franchise, the direct-to-video Trois: The Escort.Hardy
then wrote and directed the spiritually-themed drama The Gospel, and
produced the companion concert film The Gospel Live. He then was the
executive producer on Mekhi Phifer's directorial film debut Puff,
Puff, Pass, followed by Stomp The Yard, which held the No. 1 position
at the box office for two weekends in January 2007 and was named Best
Movie at the 2007 BET Hip Hop Awards. Subsequent projects included
Stomp The Yard: Homecoming and Think Like a Man.
television director. With partner Will Packer, he founded the
production company Rainforest Films in 1994. Hardy's film credits
include The Gospel, Trois, and Trois 2: Pandora's Box. His television
credits include ER, Criminal Minds, Arrow, and The Game.Hardy shot his
first substantive video on camcorder, G-Man, while a high school
senior at the George School. He shot his first work on film, Chocolate
City, while at Florida A&M University, for which he earned the
University's Bernard Hendricks Student Leadership Award. The success
of Chocolate City helped Hardy and his film partner Will Packer launch
Rainforest Films. Hardy's next film, the erotic thriller Trois, saw
him as director, co-writer, and self-distributor. Trois became the
fastest Independent African-American film to pass the US$1 million
mark. A critically acclaimed sequel, Trois 2: Pandora's Box, followed.
In 2003, Hardy produced his first film, Motives, followed by the third
in the Trois franchise, the direct-to-video Trois: The Escort.Hardy
then wrote and directed the spiritually-themed drama The Gospel, and
produced the companion concert film The Gospel Live. He then was the
executive producer on Mekhi Phifer's directorial film debut Puff,
Puff, Pass, followed by Stomp The Yard, which held the No. 1 position
at the box office for two weekends in January 2007 and was named Best
Movie at the 2007 BET Hip Hop Awards. Subsequent projects included
Stomp The Yard: Homecoming and Think Like a Man.
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