Host/Producer
Roberto Mighty is a filmmaker, educator, and multimedia artist. His projects are seen in film festivals, public television shows, online and museums. He created "World’s Greatest Cemeteries" after becoming America’s first artist-in-residence at a National Historic Landmark cemetery. That project underscored how the richness of diversity is missing from commonly taught history.
Roberto’s new “getting dot OLDER” public tv series features intimate revelations about aging from diverse baby boomers. Viewers 50+ are invited to fill out an online survey for a chance to be chosen for a TV interview. Check local listings for airtimes. www.gettingdotolder.com
Roberto Mighty, Host/Producer, “getting dot OLDER” Public TV Series (Jan 2022)
Roberto’s new film about Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott’s meeting, romance and early activism, with exclusive interviews and dramatic reenactments, premiered on WGBH public television August, 2020. Press coverage on “All Things Considered”.
Artist talk at his exhibit, “Trees of My City”, at The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Photo by Robert Beinhocker
Filming for “World’s Greatest Cemeteries”. Le Port Marly, France: (left to right) Cameraman Larry Rochefort; Director of the Château de Monte Cristo Frédérique Lurol; Host/Producer Roberto Mighty. Photo by Kate Taylor Mighty
Roberto leads a landscape imaging workshop during his Artist Residency at Harvard Forest. Photo by Clarisse Hart
Roberto filming “earth dot sky”, his three-year project as America’s first Artist-in-Residence at at National Historic Landmark Cemetery. Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA. Photo by Rozman Lynch
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA. Roberto (second from right) teaching landscape photography class to youth group from Cambridge Community Television. Photo by Jordy Brazo
EDUCATOR
Roberto taught documentary filmmaking, cinematography and video editing at Emerson College and Boston University for several years and is now devoting himself full-time to creative projects.
RECENT PROJECTS
“Legacy of Love” is Roberto’s historical documentary about the meeting, romance and radicalization of Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King. Since 2020, it has aired seasonally on PBS TV stations and Streaming nationwide. Watch for it on PBS’ WORLD Channel in January and February!
MLK Film on WGBH-TV 2020
Roberto’s two new public television series — “World’s Greatest Cemeteries” and “getting dot OLDER” — are distributed by American Public Television, with presenting station Northern California Public Media.
13-part Public TV Series
13-part Public TV Series on aging across America
During the Covid pandemic, Roberto was asked by Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital to produce their online Coronavirus Training Video series for doctors, nurses and other medical professionals. Roberto assembled a production team and worked around the clock for a month to complete that project, which is now training medical staff from around the world.
Roberto’s interactive exhibitions and artist talks take place online, in museums, colleges, galleries, community organizations and visitor centers. For over twelve years, he was an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College; an Instructor at Boston University, and privately teaches cinematography and digital video editing workshops, seminars and master classes. Roberto received his Master of Fine Arts in the Visual Arts from Lesley University's Art Institute of Boston in 2011 and his undergraduate degree in History from Boston University.
Funding History
Partial List of Funders
Roberto Mighty’s work has been supported by grants and exhibitions at Harvard Forest, the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, The National Science Foundation, The National Trust for Historic Preservation, The Institute of Museum and Library Services, The Boston Foundation, The Cambridge Arts Council, and the Watertown Cultural Council.
Online/TV/Streaming Series on Urban Youth and Nature 2020
FELLOWSHIPS
Roberto was a Fellow at the Center for Independent Documentary/Kopkind Seminar and Retreat, Vermont, 2014; Producer/Mentor - National Black Programming Consortium New Media Institute, Washington DC 2008/ 2009; and a Fellow at the National Association of Latino Independent Producers - Latino Producers Academy, Santa Fe, NM 2008.
Roberto lives and works in his loft studio in Boston’s Fort Point Channel arts district; is a Resident Artist at Midway Artist Studios; a City of Boston Certified Artist, and Founder of the New England Media Coalition.
America’s first Artist-in-Residence at a National Historic Landmark Cemetery 2014
Previous Exhibits and Installations
For 2017-2018, Roberto was appointed to write and direct four new original films on poetry by Robert Pinsky, United States Poet Laureate, for the Favorite Poem Project, archived at the United States Library of Congress.
In July, 2014, Roberto premiered a multimedia piece, "Wind, Sand & Stars", based on the prose of French author Antoine de Saint-Exúpery (author of “The Little Prince”) in a group show at the Truro Art Center Gallery at Castle Hill in Truro, Massachusetts.
In Fall, 2013, Roberto completed four online videofilms on the plight of the Eastern Hemlock tree species, Tsuga canadensis. In early 2013, Roberto’s film about ecology, “Cloud Lightning”, premiered at the National Science Foundation headquarters in Reston, VA.
In 2011-2012, Roberto was Artist-in-Residence at Harvard Forest. His multimedia installation at Harvard’s Fisher Museum, “First Contact: Puritans, Native Americans and the Clash Over Land in 1630” successfully brought together members of the indigenous, academic and arts communities..
Harvard Forest Multimedia Artist Residency and Museum Exhibit 2011
Roberto spent all of 2010 imaging trees using four types of cameras in a single American city. His subsequent multimedia exhibit, “Trees of My City”, premiered at The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in January - March, 2011, and was on exhibit at the Scandinavian Cultural Center in Newton, Massachusetts, from September through December, 2013.
Prior to 2010, Roberto had a multifaceted career, including online video production; television producing; directing bestselling audiobooks; writing and engineering radio commercials; and music writing/producing. He worked with ABC/Hearst Affiliate television; HarperCollins, Random House and Houghton-Mifflin; Harvard University, MIT, Berklee College of Music; several brands, NGO's, government agencies, and many nonprofits.