Robert Ham - Hammr Productions

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Robert is a 4x Emmy winning director/writer, a decorated Army Combat Veteran and an alumni of the USC School of Cinematic Arts MFA program with an emphasis in writing and directing.

Robert grew up in Los Angeles and has been making films since high school. He graduated with a B.A. in electronic media in ’05 and then joined the Army in 2007 as a combat documentarian/videographer. During his time in the military he served a combat tour to Afghanistan in ’09-10 and then would deploy to over a dozen various areas in the Pacific (India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Taiwan, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand). Robert received the Department of Defense Military Videographer of the Year award three times (the highest decoration for military story-telling), the most in Army history. Robert would leave active duty in 2014 and would stay in the Army Reserve until 2017. Robert has since graduated USC’s School of Cinematic Arts with an MFA in Film/TV in 2017.

He now co-owns and operates a service-disabled veteran-owned production company he started with his wife Melanie, a Youtuber/influencer with over 845k subscribers. Melanie passed away in January 2022. He has worked with various companies such as Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Fox, Film 44/45, We Are The Mighty, Monster Energy and has worked with such talents as Tom Hanks, Michelle Monaghan, Joe Mantegna, Toni Trucks and Max Martini on a variety of projects. Robert has won three Emmys and has been nominated for five more. He was named a Pat Tillman Foundation Scholar in 2016.

Robert is currently directing a feature documentary called Searching For Bergdahl and his second independent feature documentary Interpreters Wanted about the plight of Afghan Interpreters fighting their way to the U.S. is coming out soon. Robert’s most recent feature doc Made With Melanie shares the story of his wife Melanie Ham, a popular YouTuber and her battle with cancer.