Tyler Rabinowitz

About

Tyler Rabinowitz is a writer-director-producer with a mission to redefine LGBTQ+ representation on screen. 

As a writer/director, he is currently developing two narrative features: YOU CANNOT ERASE ME, which tells the story of a gay man from Chechnya who flees persecution, resettles in Toronto, and reclaims his life with the support of the drag community, as well as DESIRE, a queer coming of age set against the backdrop of New York City's cultish fitness industry. 

Previously, Tyler's writing/directing credits include the narrative short films SEE YOU SOON (BFI Flare 2020), HOW I GOT TO THE MOON BY SUBWAY (Vimeo Staff Pick, 2018 Iris Prize Finalist), and ALIENTOLOGISTS––which was acquired by DUST and was the recipient of the National Board of Review’s 2018 Marion Carter Green Award.

As a producer, his credits include narrative short films such as Fox Searchlight's LAVENDER (Sundance 2019), THE MESS HE MADE (SXSW 2017, Short of the Week, 2017 Iris Prize Finalist) and music videos for popular recording artists (Joan Baez, Train, MAX).

Tyler is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts and is an alumnus of the Sundance Artist Talent Forum, Sundance Creative Producing Summit, Sundance Ignite Fellowship, and the Jacob Burns Film Center's Creative Culture Fellowship. In 2011, he was honored by President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

Across the short film and music video spaces, Tyler’s work has garnered over 60 million views to date. His work has screened at the TCL Chinese Theaters, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and presented on stage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.