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Bobby Abate | |
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| Education | Massachusetts College of Art and Design (BFA) Bard College (MFA) |
| Notable work | The Outsider Tarot, Certain Women, The Zero Order |
| Movement | Experimental film, Queer art |
| Awards | Princess Grace Award (2001, 2020, 2024) |
Bobby Abate is an American experimental filmmaker, visual artist, television editor, and educator. Their work has been exhibited at the New York Film Festival, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, and the San Francisco Cinematheque.[1] Abate has received multiple grants from the Princess Grace Foundation-USA and was included in a critics' poll of the top 25 emerging filmmakers of the 21st century published by Film Comment.[2] Their work is held in the permanent collections of the Harvard Fine Arts Library.[3]
Education and academic career
Abate earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and a Master of Fine Arts from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College, where they studied under filmmaker Peggy Ahwesh.[4] They serve as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Film/Video department at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.[5] Abate also teaches in the BFA Film program at the School of Visual Arts in New York.[6]
Career
Experimental film
Abate's first film, The Zero Order, was funded by a Princess Grace Award and premiered at the New York Film Festival in 2001.[1] Their subsequent work has screened at major experimental film venues including the New York Film Festival's "Views from the Avant-Garde" series, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, and the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art.[7]
In 2010, Film Comment published a critics' poll of the best experimental films and filmmakers of the first decade of the 21st century, conducted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, in which Abate was named among the top 25 emerging filmmakers of the century.[2]
In 2004, Abate co-directed the feature film Certain Women with Peggy Ahwesh, an adaptation of Erskine Caldwell's 1957 novel. The film premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and served as the opening night film of the 9th New York Underground Film Festival.[8][9] It was later presented at the Museum of Modern Art as part of the "Mediascope" series.[7]
The Evil Eyes (2011) won the autFILM Award for Best LGBT Film at the 50th Ann Arbor Film Festival.[10] Love Rose (2010) and Gossip (2011) both premiered at the New York Film Festival.[7]
In 2024, Abate received a Special Project Grant from the Princess Grace Foundation-USA for the short film The Ghost at Skeleton Rock, a supernatural queer coming-of-age film set during the AIDS crisis.[11][12]
Television editing
Abate has worked as an editor across multiple television networks.[6]
- HBO: Editor for seasons 3 and 4 of We're Here, which won two Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, and Television Academy Honors.[13]
- Viceland: Editor on Gaycation, hosted by Elliot Page.[6]
- TLC: Editor on multiple installments of the 90 Day Fiancé franchise.[6]
Collaborations
Abate collaborated with Sasha Velour on animated and video components for her stage productions Smoke & Mirrors and The Big Reveal. They also edited the 2021 art-opera film The Island We Made, featuring Velour and composed by Angélica Negrón, produced by Opera Philadelphia.[14]
Visual art
Abate's visual artwork has been exhibited at International Objects in New York, the Boston University Art Galleries, and the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance.[15][16]
In 2024, Abate's Queer Objects drawing series received third place in the Annual Works on Paper exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, juried by Kim Conaty, Chief Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art.[17]
Abate's Queer Objects series was also included in the group exhibition Extra Taste at International Objects in New York in 2024.[18]
Their solo exhibition Big Bad was presented at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance in 2025.[16]
The Outsider Tarot
The Outsider Tarot (2021) is a self-published tarot deck and 220-page guidebook developed over ten years. The work is held in the permanent collections of the Harvard Fine Arts Library and the Peabody Essex Museum.[3] The project has been presented at International Objects in New York and Zaratan Arte Contemporânea in Lisbon.[19]
Filmography
As director
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Come Softly | Part of Real Video Trilogy[20] |
| 2000 | If I Had a Hammer | Part of Real Video Trilogy[20] |
| 2001 | Lucky | Part of Real Video Trilogy[20] |
| 2001 | The Zero Order | Premiered at New York Film Festival; funded by Princess Grace Foundation-USA[1] |
| 2002 | One Mile Per Minute | [7] |
| 2004 | Soothsayer | [7] |
| 2004 | Certain Women | Co-directed with Peggy Ahwesh; opened New York Underground Film Festival[9] |
| 2005 | Sylvania | [7] |
| 2006 | Zenith | [7] |
| 2009 | The Three Ravens | [7] |
| 2010 | Love Rose | Premiered at New York Film Festival[7] |
| 2011 | The Evil Eyes | Won autFILM Award for Best LGBT Film, 50th Ann Arbor Film Festival[10] |
| 2011 | Gossip | Premiered at New York Film Festival[7] |
| 2011 | A Party Record Packed with Sex and Sadness | [7] |
| 2012 | A Few Extra Copies | [7] |
| 2024 | The Ghost at Skeleton Rock | Funded by Princess Grace Foundation-USA Special Project Grant[11] |
As editor (television)
| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Gaycation | Viceland | Lead editor, Deep South episode[6] |
| 2022–2024 | We're Here | HBO | Editor, seasons 3 and 4; Peabody Award winner[13] |
| 2022–2024 | 90 Day Fiancé | TLC | Editor, multiple installments[6] |
References
- ^ a b c "Bobby Abate". Princess Grace Foundation-USA. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
- ^ a b "Best of the Decade: Avant-Garde". Film Comment. May–June 2010.
- ^ a b "Outsider Tarot". Harvard University. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
- ^ Handelman, Michelle (Winter 2002). "Women's Studies". Filmmaker Magazine.
- ^ "Film/Video Faculty". Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
- ^ a b c d e f "Bobby Abate". School of Visual Arts. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Bobby Abate". Video Data Bank. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
- ^ Weissberg, Jay (2004-02-20). "Certain Women". Variety.
- ^ a b "Certain Women to Kick Off Annual NY Underground Fest Tomorrow". IndieWire. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
- ^ a b "2012 Ann Arbor Film Festival: Award Winners". Underground Film Journal. 2012.
- ^ a b "2024 Award Winners & Honoraria". Princess Grace Foundation-USA. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
- ^ "For one filmmaker, a ghost story is really a story about growing up during the AIDS crisis". WJFF Radio Catskill. 2026-03-03. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
- ^ a b "We're Here". Peabody Awards. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
- ^ "The Island We Made". Opera Philadelphia. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
- ^ "BU Art Galleries announces upcoming fall exhibitions". Boston University College of Fine Arts. 2018-08-22. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
- ^ a b "Bobby Abate: Big Bad". Delaware Valley Arts Alliance. 2025. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
- ^ "2024 Works on Paper". Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences. 2024. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
- ^ "Extra Taste". International Objects. 2024. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
- ^ "Bobby Abate: Outsider Tarot". Zaratan Arte Contemporânea. 2025. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
- ^ a b c "Real Video Trilogy". Film-Makers' Cooperative. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
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