Bio
Robert A. Kowal is a New York University graduate holding a B.F.A. degree in Film & Television with two decades industry experience.
Robert is a co-founder of the Willamette Radio Workshop, a professional radio theater company which has garnered numerous awards for their studio and live radio productions.
Through A Priori Sound, Robert has served as location sound recordist, editor and sound designer for features, episodic television, documentaries, and commercials.
In addition to his work in media, Robert has pursued a passion for wine professionally: first as a volunteer, then cellar hand, and finally as assistant wine maker with Bethel Heights Vineyard, a small family winery in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. While there he established his own artisan label — Frameworks Wine — which produces tiny quantities of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in select years.
In 2006 Robert and his wife Mary moved to Iceland to work on the children’s television series LazyTown. Upon returning to the US in 2007, they settled in New York City where he assumed the post of assistant winemaker for City Winery.
He currently resides in Portland, Oregon, splitting his time between media production and his pursuit of the great American Pinot Noir.