Sustainable Development Goals

Rob Galluzzo

Rob Galluzzo
Sustainable Development Goals

Rob Galluzzo

CEO and Executive Producer

FINCH

AUNZ

Biography

Rob is the Executive Producer and CEO of FINCH, one of the leading production companies in Australia and New Zealand. He is also co-founder of 36 months, which led a national campaign to raise the minimum age of social media from 13 to 16 — the first law of its kind anywhere in the world. Rob recently returned from New York where 36 Months presented alongside Australian PM Anthony Albanese.

Rob is also co-founder of Songbird Studios, an independent production company that produces creatively ambitious documentaries. Their recent film, ‘Porcelain War’, has been recognised with honours including an Academy Awards® Nomination for Best Documentary and the Sundance U.S Documentary Grand Jury Prize.

Under Rob’s leadership, FINCH’s work won the very first SDG Grand Prix for The Lion's Share, many Cannes Gold Lions, the first Branded Entertainment Lion, two D&AD Black Pencils, one White and many Yellow Pencils, Grands Prix at The New York Festivals, LIA, Spikes Asia and the Grand Lotus for Humanity at Adfest in Asia. FINCH’s work has also been nominated for an Oscar, several Emmys, an AACTA award and an ARIA award.

Rob was Jury President of Film Craft Cannes Lions Festival, and has sat on juries for Dubai Lynx, Ciclope Festival, D&AD, One Show Award, Spikes Asia, LIA, LLB’s Immortal Awards, AdWeek, Project Issac, Axis Awards, and AWARD Award.

Rob Galluzzo delivered closing remarks as part of The Lion's Share launch event at the opening of the UN General Assembly in 2018. The Lion's Share is a charitable initiative he co-founded with the UNDP and Christopher Nelilus in order to draw together the worlds of conservation and advertising

In addition to ‘Porcelain War,’ Rob has Executive Produced longform content, including the branded documentary Losing Lena, and the bushfire documentary A Fire Inside, My Sister Liv, Girls Can’t Surf, Red Hill, Machine, as well as being instrumental in the production of Netflix’s genre-defining documentary series Chef’s Table.

Rob is a director of Nakatomi, a venture studio led by imagination.

Rob’s passion for innovation, and the lack of technology classes at his daughter’s school, inspired Rob to co-found Creatable, an education disruptor that aims to solve the lag between industry and education around the globe. Creatable’s initiative in Burundi involves teaching students science and technology through real-world solutions, such as how to make The Rocket Stove, a life-saving device that was adopted both by community on the ground, and as policy by the Burundi’s Ministry of Education.

Rob hopes that the world will be filled with more compassion and imagination, something he’s injected into each company's DNA.

He believes in adventure.

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