Robert Koenig
Who was Robert Koenig?
Robert "Bob" Koenig (born July 9, 1975) is an American film director, producer, writer and editor. Robert Koenig grew up in Hawley, Pennsylvania and graduated from the Wallenpaupack Area School District in 1993. Koenig attended the University of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Filmmakers to study filmmaking; he graduated in 1998. In 2014, Koenig co-founded HeartMind International, a nonprofit organization focused on expanding access to culturally appropriate mental health care in South Asia. He currently serves as Creative Services Manager for Maxim Healthcare. The documentary follows a Mongolian man who is diagnosed with mysterious disease called Yadargaa. The film documents his attempts to find a cure while traveling through the Gobi Desert.
Historical significance
Koenig directed the documentary film "Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army", which won the 2008 Artivist Award for Child Advocacy and produced "Coexist", which was nominated for Best Documentary Film by the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in 2011. In 1999, Robert Koenig directed his first documentary, "The Wrestler's Second: The Story of Mongolia's Struggle with Yadargaa", in Ulan Bator, Mongolia.