Directing
Rob Ager
Place of birth
Liverpool, England
Known for
Directing
Credits
6 titles
Rob Ager is a British independent filmmaker, writer, and internet film analyst renowned for his detailed psychological and thematic dissections of cinema, particularly in the horror and science fiction genres. Based in Liverpool, England, where he was raised amid the socioeconomic challenges of the 1980s, Ager transitioned from a 17-year career in social care, supporting individuals with mental health issues, homelessness, and youth in care, to full-time creative work, leveraging his self-taught expertise in psychology and filmmaking. He launched his website, Collative Learning, in 2007 as a platform for promoting independent filmmaking and psychological insights, which unexpectedly evolve…
Known for
NRA man awakens to find himself tied naked to a chair in a dark basement. His captors introduce themselves as a duo of deranged sadists who have targeted him at random as their next victim and that he is to be tortured and eventually killed. Their captive is surprisingly calm considering his predicament and soon reveals himself to be a fugitive on the run for similar crimes. He even offers to join forces with his captors and demostrate his own methods of pain infliction on a fresh victim. A battle of loyalties ensues between the three men as the victim plays on his captors differences. Is he the psychopath he claims to be or does he have another agenda?
The Victim
2003
A feature documentary by Rob Ager exploring hidden communication in movies through the analysis of popular fiction films and media and the author's experience of writing and directing.
Hidden Cinema: A Journey in the Art of Subliminal Communication and Message Encoding
2013
NR60 min video exploring the production history and political and corporate funding of Kubrick's sci-fi classic.
2001: Behind the Propaganda
2013
Seven uniquely connected people awaken in an unusual room and endure hellish creatures in this surrealistic nightmare.
Turn in Your Grave
2011
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
A feature documentary by Rob Ager exploring hidden communication in movies through the analysis of popular fiction films and media and the author's experience of writing and directing.
Hidden Cinema: A Journey in the Art of Subliminal Communication and Message Encoding
2013
NR60 min video exploring the production history and political and corporate funding of Kubrick's sci-fi classic.
2001: Behind the Propaganda
2013
Behind the camera
NRA man awakens to find himself tied naked to a chair in a dark basement. His captors introduce themselves as a duo of deranged sadists who have targeted him at random as their next victim and that he is to be tortured and eventually killed. Their captive is surprisingly calm considering his predicament and soon reveals himself to be a fugitive on the run for similar crimes. He even offers to join forces with his captors and demostrate his own methods of pain infliction on a fresh victim. A battle of loyalties ensues between the three men as the victim plays on his captors differences. Is he the psychopath he claims to be or does he have another agenda?
The Victim
2003
A feature documentary by Rob Ager exploring hidden communication in movies through the analysis of popular fiction films and media and the author's experience of writing and directing.
Hidden Cinema: A Journey in the Art of Subliminal Communication and Message Encoding
2013
NR60 min video exploring the production history and political and corporate funding of Kubrick's sci-fi classic.
2001: Behind the Propaganda
2013
Seven uniquely connected people awaken in an unusual room and endure hellish creatures in this surrealistic nightmare.
Turn in Your Grave
2011