In 2002, Giraldi's short film; an homage to the 9/11 tragedy, “The Routine”, premiered at Sundance and won Best Drama at the LA International Short Film Festival. Another short, “My Hometown”, is now in Cooperstown’s Baseball Hall of Fame’s permanent collection and two short films; “Dream Begins” and "A Peculiar City," both integral parts of New York’s national Olympic bid, are now included in MoMA's permanent collection.

His 2008 film examining the coming out of a twenty-something to his 83 year-old Jewish grandmother; "Second Guessing Grandma" with Kathleen Chalfant, received the Jury Award for Short Narrative at the 27th Annual Chicago International Film Festival and won the Audience Award for Best Short at the Fresno Reel Pride Festival, one of the largest US gender film festivals. It was also hand-selected for the new 'Google YouTube Screening Room,' after it was the 3rd most viewed video of the 2008 holiday season.

short films which continue to be successful at various festivals across the country are: "A Poet Long Ago," (2014), based on a short story by the legendary NY writer, Pete Hamill, starring Steve Schirripa, and Boris McGiver. "A Conversational Place" (2015), starring Emmy winner Marilyn Sokol and "New Year's Eve @ Sunny's" (2016), “The Whisperer” (2018) "Cambio" (2019), "Siren" (2020), “Counterblow” (2022), and “Goodbye jonathon’s soul” (2023)--making the rounds in several film festivals across the nation.

His partner. Patti Greaney, head of Giraldi’s new Media Division created the Out of Hand Festival, an International contest and partnership with NY's School of Visual Arts for content created by students around the world devoted to the art and technology of mobile phones. Students from 80 countries responded to the call. Its projects include a mobile phone app; Rush Hour Meals and Cocktail Dog.

INSIDE: “A Poet Long Ago”

FEATURE FILMS:

giraldi directed three feature films in the 1980s; Jon Cryer's teen cult "Hiding Out" (1987), "National Lampoon's Movie Madness" (1983) and "Club Med" (1985), before directing his fourth, and most critically acclaimed feature film, “dinner rush” a decade later.

“Dinner Rush” (2000), with Danny Aiello, John Corbett, Sandra Bernhard, Summer Phoenix, and Edoardo Ballerini, appeared on a number of 2001’s Top 10 Lists and was selected for the prestigious New Directors/New Films Series at MoMA.  This film clearly has influenced the many reality and fictional food shows that crowd TV and media today.  “Dinner Rush” was also listed by Roger Ebert as "One of the Best 100 Films in the Last 10 Years."  

“Dinner Rush,” filmed almost exclusively inside Gigino Trattoria; tells the story of New York’s latest hotspot where food, love, sex, gambling, and money are all on the menu.  As Elvis Mitchell, film critic at the NY Times put it; "Dinner Rush is a mouth-watering display of talent, technique and patience.  There are more intrigues here than in the court of Medicis'."  

Currently, a sequel “Dinner RUsh too” has been scripted and is in the early stages of pre-production.

“Dinner Rush” (2000)

"There are enough plots here to challenge Robert Altman, specialist in interlocking stories, but the director, Bob Giraldi, masters the complexities as if he knows the territory. He does."

- Roger Ebert

“Hiding Out”   (1987)

"Counterblow” (2022)

“Goodbye Jonathon’s Soul” (2023)

“SUPERFRIENDS” (2017)

“New Years Eve @ Sunny's” (2016)

“A Conversational Place” (2015)

“A Poet Long Ago” (2014)

“The Routine” (2002)

“The Grey Coat” (2008)

“Second Guessing Grandma” (2008)

“Honey Trap” (2005)