Robert Rippberger

Robert Rippberger is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He is the director of the upcoming sci-fi movie, Renner, producer of The Inventor, writer/director of Those Who Walk Away (film) starring BooBoo Stewart, the director/producer of Strive with Oscar winner Danny Glover, the director of the feature documentary Public Enemy Number One (film) from Executive Producer Ice-T, and director/producer of the Hulu released documentary 7 Days in Syria. Robert executive produced with Jason Blum the feature documentary Alive and Kicking. The film was sold to Magnolia Pictures and Netflix after its debut at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival, where it received a Grand Jury nomination.

For 2026, Rippberger is producing, directing, and editing the upcoming feature dramedy, A Good Fight, from Dan in Real Life scribe Pierce Gardner. The film stars Booboo Stewart, Aaron Kuban, and academy award nominee Abigail Breslin.

Rippberger directed and produced the sci-fi movie Renner, that was released February 2025 in theaters throughout the U.S. and on video-on-demand. The film stars Frankie Muniz, Violett Beane, and Academy Award Winner Marcia Gay Harden and is a futuristic AI thriller.

In 2023, Robert produced The Inventor which was released theatrically on September 23 by Blue Fox Entertainment, and then on VOD on November 7. The Inventor is a stop-motion feature film written and directed by Jim Capobianco, the Oscar-nominated writer of Pixar's Ratatouille. The film stars Marion Cotillard, Daisy Ridley, Stephen Fry and Matt Berry and is about the life of Leonardo da Vinci. The Inventor had its worldwide premier at the 2023 Annecy Film Festival and was also named one of the ten best animated films of 2023 by The Wrap.

In 2021, Rippberger wrote and directed the horror feature Those Who Walk Away starring Booboo Stewart. Like 1917 (film) the film was completed in one shot. It was lauded in The New York Times and on KTLA after its U.S. theatrical release.

Rippberger is the director of the 2019 drama Strive, about a girl from the projects in Harlem who works to attend Yale. Inspired by true stories, Strive stars Grammy-nominated JoiStaRR, Shaylin Becton, Ricky Flowers Jr, Chelsea Lee Williams, and Oscar winner Danny Glover, with music composed by Grammy-winning producer Warryn Campbell.

Rippberger recently produced 'How To Build A Truth Engine' which follows award-winning investigative journalists, fact-checkers, scientists and engineers in their efforts to develop groundbreaking technology and understanding of the human psyche to help bring societies back to a common understanding of reality. The film is executive produced by Academy Award winners George Clooney and Grant Heslov and will have its World Premiere at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival.

Rippberger is also currently producing 'The Mouse That Roared', directed by Academy Award nominee Judith Ehrlich.^{[citation needed]}