obert Tate Is a documentary film and tv director whose work focuses on the creative process, capturing stories of people rising to the occasion of their own lives.
He's won the Emmy, International Documentary Association (IDA), Cine Golden Eagle, New York Festival, Taste, Telly, and James Beard awards for his varied projects on architecture, health, science, food, fashion, and culture.
Highlights include the PBS series, Diary of a Foodie, Lidia Celebrates America, Moveable Feast, the Sundance Channel’s Architecture School, and the feature docs, Eleven Minutes (Regent Releasing), The Magic Pill (Netflix), and Happy Clothes: a Film about Patricia Field (Greenwich).
a film about Patricia Field
Time surf through the iconic career of Emmy-winning costume designer, Patricia Field—fashion rebel, trendsetter, and pop culture powerhouse—whose visionary style has shaped the look of the last six decades. Directed by Michael Selditch. Edited by Rob Tate.
One of the most inspiring films of the year."
~ Nadja Sayej, Forbes
Unabashed Joy!"
~ Selina Lee, In Review ONLINE
The most illuminating element of Happy Clothes is a sequence [about her place] as a central figure in New York’s underground culture of the 1970s and 1980s."
~Alissa Wilkinson, NY Times
Winner
Rare Pearl Award
Denver Film Festival
2024
Winner
Programmers' Choice Award
Naples Intl Film Festival
2024
Winner
Best Doc Feature
OUTShine LQBTQ Festival
2024
Winner
Audience Award
Doc LA
2023
World Premiere
World Premiere
TriBeCa Festival
2023
accolades
OFFICIAL TRAILER
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~DARREN STARR
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And she's like, 'But I'm Madonna!'
And Cody's like, 'But the store opens at twelve!'"
-PERFIDIA
HAPPY CLOTHES
FINDING SAMANTHA JONES
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Suddenly Samantha had arrived, and I fell in love with Pat Field."
-Kim Cattrall
HAPPY CLOTHES
UGLY BETTY SEQUENCE
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You ended up wearing a combination of clothes that made no sense to you at all,
until suddenly it did."
~ MICHAEL URI
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