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Bob Bastarache

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Bob Bastarache has been working in film and television production for 30 years. His work began in New York City on PBS Television's, multi-Emmy Award Winner Reading Rainbow. In 1995 he ventured south to Austin, Tx with a desire to join the burgeoning indie film scene. He earned his keep on the set floor as a Grip and Lighting Technician on films such Spy Kids I,II & III, Hope Floats, Idiocracy, Varsity Blues and Arlington Road. He is best know as the First Assistant Director for Terrence Malick's Cannes Film Festival 2011 Palm D'Or Award Winner and triple Oscar Nominee The Tree Of Life. His work also includes Lifetime's 2014 Emmy Nominated, The Trip To Bountiful, AMC's The Killing, Disney Plus' The Right Stuff, Netflix's Raising Dion and most recently Warner/Amazon's Western Surrounded. He's also worked with Elizabeth Avellan's Production of Angel's Sing and began his Assistant Director career with Lance Larson and Jas Shelton's Indie Short Crosswalk in 1998. He's also worked with notable Directors James Wan, Anthony Mandler, Tim McCanlies, Tate Taylor, William Dear, Robert Rodriguez, Tim Blake Nelson, Ron Underwood, Spike Jonze and Shawn Levy among others.
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Tim Robbins, Jeff Bridges, and Joan Cusack in Arlington Road (1999)
Arlington Road
7.2
  • Camera and Electrical Department(as Bobby Bastarache)
  • 1999
Idiocracy (2006)
Idiocracy
6.5
  • Camera and Electrical Department(as Bobby Bastarache)
  • 2006
Mel Gibson in Get the Gringo (2012)
Get the Gringo
6.9
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Bobby Bastarache, Texas unit)
  • 2012
Alan Cumming, Daryl Sabara, and Alexa PenaVega in Spy Kids (2001)
Spy Kids
5.6
  • Camera and Electrical Department(as Bobby Bastarache)
  • 2001

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Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Class of '09
    • first assistant director
    • Released
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2023
  • Kate Mara and Brian Tyree Henry in Class of '09 (2023)
    Class of '09
    • first assistant director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2023
  • Surrounded (2023)
    Surrounded
    • first assistant director (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • 2023
  • Step Up: High Water (2018)
    Step Up: High Water
    • first assistant director (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • The Right Stuff (2020)
    The Right Stuff
    • first assistant director (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Ja'Siah Young in Raising Dion (2019)
    Raising Dion
    • first assistant director (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Paul Blackthorne, Anne-Marie Johnson, Harriet Dyer, and Justin Cornwell in The InBetween (2019)
    The InBetween
    • first assistant director (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Edwin Hodge, Juan Pablo Raba, Kyle Schmid, Jaylen Moore, Barry Sloane, Eric Ladin, and Olivia Munn in Six (2017)
    Six
    • first assistant director (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Jenna Elfman in Imaginary Mary (2017)
    Imaginary Mary
    • first assistant director (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Imposters (2017)
    Imposters
    • first assistant director (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Lucas Till in MacGyver (2016)
    MacGyver
    • first assistant director (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Ana Ortiz, Judy Reyes, Roselyn Sanchez, and Dania Ramirez in Devious Maids (2013)
    Devious Maids
    • first assistant director (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • TV Series
    • 2014–2016
  • Christina Ricci and David Hoflin in Z: The Beginning of Everything (2015)
    Z: The Beginning of Everything
    • first assistant director (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Omar Epps and Landon Gimenez in Resurrection (2013)
    Resurrection
    • first assistant director (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Resurrection: A Second Chance (2014)
    Resurrection: A Second Chance
    • first assistant director (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • The Trip to Bountiful (2014)
    The Trip to Bountiful
    • first assistant director (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • TV Movie
    • 2014

Additional Crew

  • Jack Nicholson and Shirley MacLaine in The Evening Star (1996)
    The Evening Star
    • production assistant (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • 1996
  • LeVar Burton in Reading Rainbow (1983)
    Reading Rainbow
    • production assistant (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • TV Series
    • 1992–1994

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Idiocracy (2006)
    Idiocracy
    • company grip (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • 2006
  • Antonio Banderas, Steve Buscemi, Carla Gugino, Daryl Sabara, and Alexa PenaVega in Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
    Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams
    • rigging grip (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • 2002
  • Lyle Lovett, Zooey Deschanel, Eliza Dushku, Eddie Griffin, Jerod Mixon, DJ Qualls, Parry Shen, Sunny Mabrey, and Matt Gogin in The New Guy (2002)
    The New Guy
    • rigging grip (uncredited)
    • 2002
  • On the Borderline (2001)
    On the Borderline
    • rigging grip (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • 2001
  • Alan Cumming, Daryl Sabara, and Alexa PenaVega in Spy Kids (2001)
    Spy Kids
    • rigging grip (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • 2001
  • Bullfighter (2000)
    Bullfighter
    • best boy electric (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • 2000
  • Tim Robbins, Jeff Bridges, and Joan Cusack in Arlington Road (1999)
    Arlington Road
    • rigging grip (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • 1999
  • James Van Der Beek, Scott Caan, Ali Larter, Amy Smart, Ron Lester, Eliel Swinton, and Paul Walker in Varsity Blues (1999)
    Varsity Blues
    • electrician (uncredited)
    • 1999
  • Sandra Bullock and Harry Connick Jr. in Hope Floats (1998)
    Hope Floats
    • grip (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • 1998
  • Don't Look Back (1996)
    Don't Look Back
    • electrician: Texas (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • TV Movie
    • 1996
  • Where Truth Lies (1996)
    Where Truth Lies
    • additional best boy electric (as Bobby Bastarache)
    • 1996
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