Bob Trench

Visual communications professional: documentary filmmaker, photojournalist and educational designer.

Profile

International visual communications professional with 20 years of experience in data-driven storytelling and strategic messaging across social, healthcare, consumer goods and technology sectors. Works with stakeholders and subject matter experts to turn complex information into narratives that engage audiences.

Video and Photography

Over 20 years behind the camera in documentary filmmaking, still photography and visual storytelling, with an emphasis on human-centered narratives and journalistic integrity.

• Platforms: public media, news, broadcast television and digital.
• Projects: PBS programming, documentaries, commercial campaigns, and corporate and public release films.
• Production: producing, storyboarding, scriptwriting and editing.
• Post-production: color grading and LUT development, audio processing and dialogue editing, and advanced multi-source, non-linear workflows.

Awards and Recognition

Co-Director, Director of Photography and Editor of the feature-length documentary Dodging Bullets: Stories from Survivors of Historical Trauma, which screened at 18 festivals and received six festival honors.

Screenings

Dodging Bullets played 18 festivals across 14 states, including a West Coast premiere at the San Diego International Film Festival (festival run, screenings).

Educational and Community Screenings

The film has screened at universities, tribal nations, health organizations and corporations, plus a Mexico premiere benefiting the Huichol Scholarship Fund (screenings).

Universities and schools: Princeton University, University of Michigan, Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare, University of Denver, University of Kentucky, University of Vermont, University of Minnesota Duluth Medical School, Minnesota State University, Winona State University, St. John’s University, St. Catherine University, Sacred Heart University, Humboldt State University, SUNY Potsdam, Peninsula College, Art Institute of Chicago, Breck School and Tomah School District.

Tribal nations and communities: Ho-Chunk Nation (Elder Summit, Wisconsin Dells; Wittenberg; Tomah), Santee Sioux Nation, Lower Sioux Community and Forest County Potawatomi Community.

Health, civic and corporate: Center for Prevention at Blue Cross Blue Shield, American Nurses Association, Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana, Denver Indian Health and Family Services, Blandin Foundation, MN Alliance on Crime, Casa Grande Alliance, Art to Change the World, Ragtag Cinema and Best Buy Corporate.

Focus group partners: Echo Parenting at the California Endowment (Los Angeles), Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare, Guadalupe Alternative Programs (St. Paul) and Anishinabe Academy (Minneapolis).

Educational Design

20 years developing educational design programs that bring eLearning to North American colleges, universities and healthcare organizations.

• Authoring and media: Articulate Suite, Adobe Captivate, Premiere, Audition and After Effects, Final Cut Pro X, audio editing, text-to-speech and speech-to-text tools.
• Accessibility: Inclusive Accessible Design (IAD) platforms.
• Formats: LMS, webinar, podcast and video-based learning.
• SCORM and API deployments: Moodle, LearnDash, Absorb, iSpring, Mindflash and other LMS platforms.

eLearning programs produced for: DaVita, Blue Cross Blue Shield, University of Tennessee, HCSC, Kaiser, Sanford, Marshfield, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, Telligen, Department of Veterans Affairs, University of Michigan, PacificSource, Pittsburgh Medical Center, HealthSciences, Montana HHS, Minnesota DOH and Independence Care System NY.

Technical Skills and Media Delivery

• Editing and post: Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Audition), Final Cut Pro X, Motion and Compressor.
• Distribution delivery: Amazon Video Central, Apple TV+, Google Play, Roku and DCP exhibition.
• Social and web: YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, TikTok and others.

Client Experience

Health care: Blue Cross Blue Shield, DaVita, University of Tennessee, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PacificSource, University of Michigan, TouchPoint Productions, AdventHealth, Qconsult, Baxter, Gambro, CHF Solutions, American Telecare, HealthSciences, Rehabilicare, Compex Technologies, Chronic Care and MED CV.

Technology: 3M, Stellent, Stratasys, GearWorks, Rimage, Hyperion, ComSci, MTS Systems, JATCO, ESI Group, Adaytum, illbruck Acoustic and Dimension Printing.

Consumer goods: NorthStar RMLS (Regional Multiple Listing Service), Ford, Volvo, GM, 3M, Best Buy, AT&T, MB Quart, Hifonics, University of Minnesota Athletics, Target, Philips, Bel Canto Design, Marantec America, Clifford Electronics (DEI), Pro-Fit, Amazon and Analysis Plus.