Ted Roach

Biography

Ted Roach is a director, producer, and editor who has been working in the film & digital media industry for twenty years. His productions have screened in over 40 film festivals, won many awards, and have been broadcast internationally. Most recently, Ted wrote, directed, and edited the feature documentary "120 Days" about an undocumented Mexican family caught up in the throes of US deportation. Official selection of the Austin, Atlanta, Napa Valley, RiverRun, Dances With Films, and St. Louis International Film Festivals (among over 20 others), the film has won 12 festival awards so far. The project was picked up for VOD and broadcast distribution by Gravitas Ventures in late 2015. Previously Roach co-created and served as a producer/editor on the MTV docu-series "Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life" in 2012-2013, and has produced/edited several other award-winning feature documentaries. As a freelance video journalist and editor in Washington, DC between 2008-2012, he created over 100 digital video shorts for organizations such as the National Park Service, NOAA, and the Investigative Reporting Workshop. He has also produced/edited music videos for Ke$ha, Drake White, and Trace Adkins. His early career was spent in Los Angeles working in varied roles including assistant director, production coordinator, production assistant, and a motion picture talent agent's assistant at the William Morris Agency. Ted holds an MFA Film degree from American University in Washington DC, where he won the 2011 University Award for Outstanding Graduate Scholarship, and was a national finalist for the 2010 Student Academy Award in Documentary. He has also earned a BA History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a directing/editing certification from the Los Angeles Film School.