Daniel Roby (b. 1970, Montreal) studied film at Montreal´s Concordia University and the University of Southern California. He gained experience as a cameraman (working, for example, with Michel Jetté on Hochelaga, 2000). In 1995 he began shooting short films produced by his own company Zone Film (originally named La Mafia). He worked on the production of the shorts Lila (2001, dir. Robin Aubert), which Quebec´s Association of Film Critics awarded as the best title of the year, and Nos bras meurtris vous tendent le flambeau, the first Canadian fiction to be shot entirely in HD and projected onto 35 mm. In 2001 he directed his first short, Quelques instants de la vie d´une fraise. White Skin is his feature film directorial debut.
MFF Karlovy Vary
