Tod Hardin
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Tod Hardin is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and marketer. He is the co-founder of Plastic Oceans International, where he oversaw global operations, marketing, special events and communications. He also co-led the organization's film development program, which includes the creation and distribution of inspirational solutions-focused film, media and awareness initiatives, paired with supportive environmental activism.
He has been in the marketing and communications fields for over 25 years and has worked in a variety of industries, from casinos and entertainment, to nonprofits, broadcasting, events and the fast-paced landscape of Silicon Valley's tech world. Tod served as Executive Director of the Detroit Docs International Film Festival, where he built it from a small one-night event with a dozen films, to one of the largest documentary film festivals in the US - screening over 120 films at over a dozen venues.
He has written or produced a variety of films, including the award-winning stop-motion short S.T.O.P., made with Academy Award nominee, Daria Kashcheeva; and iconic animator Bill Plympton's "Revengeance." The award-winning feature-length documentary, "Against the Current," marks his directorial debut; and two new feature documentary projects that he is producing, "Cutting the Line" and "The Erie Situation," are being released in 2022.
He has been in the marketing and communications fields for over 25 years and has worked in a variety of industries, from casinos and entertainment, to nonprofits, broadcasting, events and the fast-paced landscape of Silicon Valley's tech world. Tod served as Executive Director of the Detroit Docs International Film Festival, where he built it from a small one-night event with a dozen films, to one of the largest documentary film festivals in the US - screening over 120 films at over a dozen venues.
He has written or produced a variety of films, including the award-winning stop-motion short S.T.O.P., made with Academy Award nominee, Daria Kashcheeva; and iconic animator Bill Plympton's "Revengeance." The award-winning feature-length documentary, "Against the Current," marks his directorial debut; and two new feature documentary projects that he is producing, "Cutting the Line" and "The Erie Situation," are being released in 2022.
