Bio & Awards
Robert Jisa was born on April 9, 1970 in Prague. Both his parents were musicians - his mother a classical guitar teacher and his father playing piano and other keyboards. He wanted to be an aircraft pilot but from the age of five he was strongly encouraged to play piano and learn music theory.
Robert studied Machine Engineering in high school after which he enrolled in Machine University of Czech Republic. By this time he had started to play with several music groups (Spray, Tonic, Parament, Trik...). After graduating from the Prague Art school (ten years in total) as a piano major, he enrolled in Jezek's Conservatory, majoring in Music Composition.
Not long after, he left this school to prepare for Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. During this time, Robert started to work with the Popron, Supraphon, Nextera and Aplaus record companies in Prague and wrote his first film scores.
In 1995, after a couple of scores, he began to attend Berklee College of Music, majoring in Film Scoring. By 1999 he had successfully finished his studies and returned to Prague.
One of Robert's first major projects is the 100-minute motion picture "Not Too Little, Not Too Much". He asked the famous Boni Pueri Boys Choir for their collaboration, and together they recorded the unique score for this film. He composed numerous soundtracks since, worked with Talich Quartet, Slovenian TV and Radio Orchestra and others. Composed music for TV commercials (JVC, Nissan, James Patterson, IBM, Telecom, DHL, Czech Republic Forest, Tic-Tac, Pilsner Urquell etc.) and released 18 CDs. At present, Robert is working on new CD series of classical music, ballet show and film scores.
During 2018 Robert's established some new and interesting business relationships with people and companies in Los Angeles area and after a long consideration decided to move part of his activities to LA. His symphonic composition The Illumination Voices got awarded, as well as the film Echoes Of Time which he scored using contemporary music language.
Recent projects
The surround sountracks for "Aldabra - Once Upon an Island 3D" directed by Steve Lichtag, “Body Landscape” for the National Theatre in Prague directed by radim Vizvary, “The Man With A Shadow" movie directed by Ema Kugler, the Moon interactive show and opera DURST directed by Linda Samaraweerova, which had its premiere in Vienna, Austria. These days Robert is working on the interactive performative concert Amazonas.
List of awards
Best film music - JellyFest - American Film Institute - Los Angeles 2021 for Man With Shadow
Best Feature - Liberty Film Awards Chicago 2021 for Man With Shadow
Best Composer - LA Indies Fest for Man With Shadow
Winner of TFM Toronto Film Magazine 2021 for Man With Shadow
Best Experimental - Festival De Cine De Santa Cruz, Argentina 2021 for Man With Shadow
Best Feature - European Cinema Festival 2020 for Man With Shadow
Semi-finalist - Cannes International Independent Film Festival 2020 for Man With Shadow
Honorable Mention - Buenos Aires Internationl Film Festival 2020 for Man With Shadow
Best Experimental - Conception Independent Film Awards Chile 2020 for Man With Shadow
Platinum Remi Award - WorldFest, Houston 2020 for Man With Shadow
Best Narrative Feature - LAFA Los Angeles Film Awards 2020 for Man With Shadow
Grand Prix - International Outdoor Film Festival Prague 2015 - for Miroslav Zikmund’s Millenium
Award of Excellence - Accolade Global Film Competition 2014 - for Echoes Of Time
The Castell Award - Barcelona Film Festival, Spain 2014 for Echoes Of Time
The Best Composition Award - OSA 2014 category “Between Genres”, for The Illumination Voices
Special Jury Award - Houston Internation Film Festival “Worldfest” 2014 for Echoes Of Time
Award Of Merit - Jakarta - World Film Awards 2014 for Echoes Of Time
1st Price - IFF Tachov 2013 for Farář
The Best Film - IFF Envirofilm 2010 for Last Hunters
The Audience Award - IFF Ekofilm 2010 for Last Hunters
Grand Prix - IFF Poprad 2010 for Last Hunters
1st Price - IFF Outdoor Film Festtival 2009 for Ovlivňování-Interactions
The Audience Award - IFF Tachov 2009 for Ovlivňování-Interactions
The Best Film - IFF Water, See, Oceans 2009 (for Ovlivňování-Interactions)
Grand Prix - IFF ECO, Macedonia 2007 for Bizzare World
Grand Prix - IFF North Sea, Holland, 2007 for Bizzare World
Grand Prix - IFF Envirofilm 2006 for Bizzare World
Grand Prix - IFF Golden Dolphin, Moscow, Russia 2006 for Bizzare World
Grand Prix - IFF Masters, Nelos, Belgium 2006 for Bizzare World
1st Price - IFF EMU, Cyprus 2006 (for Bizzare World)
The Best Music - IFF Outdoor Film Festival 2005 (for Wreck Free Thistlegorm)
Platinum record - IFPI - Czech Republic (for the Magic Christmas CD)
Gold Remi Award - Houston Internation Film Festival “Worldfest” 2004 (for Phantom)
Spirit Of Moondance Award - Moondance 2004 (for Phantom)
Ministry Of Culture Award - IFF Envirofilm 2004 (for Aquamarine)
The Jury Award - IFF Tachov 2004 (for Antarctica-Terra Australis Incognita)
The Audience Award - IFF Tachov 2003 (for Freediving.cz)
1st Price - IFF Tachov 2003 (for Freediving.cz)
The Jury Award - IFF Tatry 2003 (for Freediving.cz)
Grand Prix - IFF Go Camera 2001 (for Vánoční království krabů)
Special Award - IFF Marmara 2001 (for Měkkýši)
Grand Prix - IFF Tachov 2001 (for Velký bílý z Gansbaai)
Grand Prix nomination - Documents Competition Czech TV (for Meine Kunst)
Grand Prix - IFF Tachov 1998 (for Tiburones De Los Galapagos)
Grand Prix - IFF Tachov 1997 (for B-17, Calvi)
Prix du Public - IFF Cergy Pontoise, France 1996 for Katrin a Rut
Grand Prix - IFF Tel Aviv, Israel 1993 for Malcik
The Jury Award - IFF Poitiers, France 1993 for Malcik
Robert’s music is available at Youtube, Apple Music, Spotify etc.