Robin Schmidt
Robin Schmidt is a multi-award-winning film director and creative who is now bringing storytelling to crypto and blockchain. He is passionate about merging educational, news, and investigative storytelling with all the knowledge he learned doing more entertainment formats. Schmidt currently serves as the Head of Video and Multimedia at The Defiant, an essential information platform for the open economy. He produces the high-quality video content The Defiant's YouTube channel is famous for.
Robin Schmidt Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Head of Video and Multimedia
Academic History
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BA in English Language and Literature
CAREER
- Schmidt has worked throughout the whole production spectrum as a producer, editor, director, and VFX artist tackling everything from music videos to entertainment tv.
- He ticked off the director's holy grail of a feature film back in 2014.
- He has worked for major global brands during the course of his production career, including Shell, VW, BMW, BBC, Philips, ABN Amro, Bosch, MTV, Vice, and Monocle.
- He scaled back on major directing gigs when his kids were born to spend more time with the family.
- He became passionate about the potential of distributed ledger and digital smart money to create a paradigm shift in the way we consume and own film and music.
MEDIA
- Schmidt has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.