THE POWER OF STORYTELLING Social Impact Entertainment (SIE)

Robert Rippberger

978-1-58790-601-5 / 6’ x 9’ / 212 pages / paperback

$22..95

Film / Entertainment

ABOUT THE BOOK

Storytelling is hugely transformative to how we view ourselves, those around us, and our place amidst it all. The Power of Storytelling: Social Impact Entertainment is a look at how entertainment and media has had a positive and negative impact throughout the last century by looking at specific films and TV shows, pioneers in the field, and those that dial it down to a science. Readers will be left with unprecedented insight into how a simple narrative can change the world.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ROBERT RIPPBERGER is an author, writer, director/producer with a broad array of creative and executive experience. He most recently wrote and directed the horror feature Those Who Walk Away starring BooBoo Stewart (Descendants and Twilight Trilogy) about male victims of sexual assault. Previously, he directed and produced the Harlem drama, Strive, with Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon). Before that, the war on drugs documentary, Public Enemy Number One from Executive Producer Ice-T.

In 2016, Robert directed/produced the documentary 7 Days in Syria, a look at the human side of the war in Aleppo. The film was championed by Angelina Jolie, screened at Britain’s House of Lords, to senior members of the U.N., and was released on Hulu and Amazon. Robert went on to executive produce with Jason Blum the feature doc, Alive & Kicking. The film was sold to Magnolia Films and Netflix after its debut at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival where it received a Grand Jury nomination.

Robert received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from UC, Berkeley in 2012 where he was awarded the Eisner Prize for his film “In the Middle.” It is considered the highest achievement in creativity.

Robert is a member of the Producers Guild of America and is on the PGA’s Social Impact Entertainment Task Force. In addition to SIE Films, Robert is also the founder and co-executive director of SIE Society, a leading global alliance of Social Impact Entertainment storytellers.

Current projects include producing the documentary “How to Build Truth Engine” with Executive Producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov, the documentary “The Mouse That Roared” from academy award nominated director Judith Ehrlich, and producing the stop-motion animated film “The Inventor” from Ratatouille writer Jim Capobianco, starring Daisy Ridley, Stephen Fry, Marion Cotillard, and Matt Berry. Follow him on twitter @rrippberger