Robin Fryday

{{Short description|American documentary filmmaker}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Robin Fryday | birth_name = | other_names = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Documentary filmmaker | years_active = 2011–present | children = | spouse = }}

'''Robin Fryday''' is an American documentary filmmaker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/awards/first-time-docu-short-director-is-oscar-contender-35676/|title=First-Time Docu Short Director Is Oscar Contender|work=Variety|first=Christy|last=Grosz|date=December 12, 2011|access-date=January 19, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shootonline.com/article/robin-fryday-who-scored-oscar-nom-joins-nonfiction-unlimited-commercials/|title=Robin Fryday, Who Scored Oscar Nom, Joins Nonfiction Unlimited For Commercials|work=Shoot|date=February 7, 2012|access-date=January 19, 2025}}</ref> She was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Documentary for the short film ''The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2012|title=The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees and Winners|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=October 7, 2014 |access-date=January 19, 2025}}</ref>

Fryday is of Jewish descent.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Jewish Stars: Oscar time |work=Cleveland Jewish News|date=February 15, 2012|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars-oscar-time/article_6b7fda9a-581e-11e1-aeb2-001871e3ce6c.html|accessdate=January 19, 2025}}</ref>

== Selected filmography == * ''The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement'' (2011; co-nominated with Gail Dolgin)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/946299099/|title=Short films are long on enjoyment|work=Winston-Salem Journal|location=Winston-Salem, North Carolina|date=February 9, 2012|access-date=January 19, 2025|page=32|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref>

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== External links == *{{IMDb name|4325872}} * {{Official website | http://www.robinfryday.com}}

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