Changemaker
Robin Danehav
TL;DR
Robin Danehav is a Stockholm-based documentary filmmaker who walked away from a corporate production career in 2022, pay cut included, to make films about people who chose differently. His documentary THAW, about the wool blanket glacier experiment on Kebnekaise, is in our Beyond section.
Stockholm-based documentary filmmaker. Making films since 2007, he left corporate production work in 2022 to focus on documentaries about people trying to change things, including THAW.
Danehav spent years running production companies and filming for more than 600 corporate clients. In 2022 he took a big risk and pay cut to focus his lens on people who chose to improve and inspire and the results of their actions. Robins YouTube channel, and his 100 Documentaries Project carries it further, films that spotlight everyday changemakers, made with the stated mission of getting people to give a small percentage of their time to something that benefits the planet and the people on it. His projects include THAW, filmed across three seasons on Kebnekaise, a documentary on regenerative coffee farming in Brazil, and the story of a Finnish project rescuing analog cameras.
Why OGSP Recommends It
Robin Danehav had a successful commercial film career. With over six hundred films for corporate clients he gave it all up to focus his lens on people trying to make the world a better place. Not resting on his laurels and just cashing client checks, Robin put it all on the line for a calling to show the good in the world. That make Robin Danehav the perfect One Good Story Project Changemaker!
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Key Takeaways
- Filming since 2007, with more than 600 corporate clients behind him before the switch.
- In 2022 he traded that career, pay cut included, for documentaries about people trying to change things.
- He made THAW alone across three trips to Kebnekaise, the glacier film in our Beyond section.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Robin Danehav?
A Stockholm-based documentary filmmaker who has been making films since 2007. In 2022 he left corporate production work, pay cut included, to make documentaries about people who chose differently. He filmed and edited THAW, the glacier documentary in our Beyond section.
What is Robin Danehav’s YouTube channel about?
Documentaries about people who chose to make the world a better place and the results of their actions. Recent films cover the wool blanket glacier experiment in Sweden, regenerative coffee farming in Brazil, and a Finnish project rescuing analog cameras.
What films has Robin Danehav made?
THAW, about the wool blanket experiment on Kebnekaise, a documentary on the future of coffee filmed in Brazil, and the Camera Rescue Project story from Finland, among others.
Why did Robin Danehav leave corporate filmmaking?
After years running production companies with more than 600 corporate clients, he chose meaningful personal projects over the bigger paycheck in 2022. The films on his channel are the result.