Parking Spot

Director - Robert Stronger

Robert is known as the 'Cowboy' film maker for his signature look and rugged dependability. He is recognized for his broad expertise and visual acuity.
He typically works in the genres of Drama, Sci-Fi, Action, and Martial Arts. He is the 'hands-on' director with knowledge across the board of the film making process, from visualization to completion.
Robert Stronger is fully in the helm as an emerging Auteur Director and Renaissance Man– Writing, storyboarding, screenwriting, Directing, hand picking his crew, editing, and color grading. His clear vision combined with practical industry experience makes shooting films a quick and streamlined process. He has even trained in fight choreography classes with professional stunt choreographers. He founded his own Production company "SILENT MOON PRODUCTIONS" in 2013.
​His latest Directing work - the short films "RISE OF THE FALLEN ANGEL" and "PARKING SPOT" are in the process of festival run. After the completion of these shorts, he will pursue his first feature film.
​On his Producing slate, Robert began with the adventure short, A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES, and currently has the dramatic short film "DesAparecida" in post-production, which was filmed in Zacatecas, Mexico.
Robert graduated Summa Cum Laude from Temple University's Tyler School of Art, winning the Edith Weil Hecht Memorial Award in recognition of his artistic work. He studied a double major in Painting and Sculpture, with Minors in Creative Writing and Art History. In this experimental time made a number of art videos, but never considered them 'films.' He lived 4 months studying abroad in Rome, Italy, and explored Europe and Egypt. He also studied another 4 months in Tokyo, Japan, exploring Japan, China, and Thailand - which has all shaped his grounded world-view and intertwined with his interest in international cinema.
After moving to Los Angeles in 2013, Robert set about establishing a hands-on education in every aspect of film making by working from the bottom up to Head of Department, working with celebrities such as Danny Trejo, Jude Law, John Lithgow, Vince Vaughn, Wiz Khalifa, and the late great Jason David Frank - the Green Power Ranger. Robert has worked on hundreds of film sets over the past 8 years.

Director Statement

The world is full of bad news, and I wanted to face the bad news while smiling. PARKING SPOT is an absurdist martial-arts comedy that is the sugar to make the medicine go down of the perils of an overpopulated globe choked by dependence upon automobiles that can’t all fit in the space we need.
EVERYONE knows the dread of not being able to find a parking spot, or how crazy people can be with road rage. I was inspired to exacerbate that situation to the point of a matter of life and death, exploring the paradox of how everyone seems to become monsters until they step out of their metal box with wheels. But what if the rage continued afterward?
At a quick glance, PARKING SPOT is very bright and cheery simple fun. It is a manic adrenaline rush in the moment, and in retrospect the strange circumstance begins to reveal itself. The ultimate resolution of PARKING SPOT is that everyone loses, torn in contradiction and ruin. Yet, the tone is cheery and upbeat, and it leaves you with a laugh and smile.