The Oscars and Me
For those of you who are just here for the picks, they’re at the bottom. For those who like a story, read on. My history with the Oscars goes back a long way. Not all the way back to the beginning of cinema, mind you, I’m not that  old, but far enough that the Academy Awards feel stitched into the fabric of how I learned to dream. One of my earliest Oscar memories is Sally Field standing at the podium, emotional and radiant, declaring, “You like me! You really like me!” It became one of those…
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Dr. Robert Cochrane is a graduate of UNLV's Integrated Health Sciences department. He's researching the effect of improvisation and storytelling on Parkinson’s disease. He received grants from the Parkinson's Foundation and support from the Davis Phinney Foundation along the way. He is a popular, unique and high energy Keynote speaker, bringing joy, optimism and practical tools for people in the PD community to thrive today.
He has a background in filmmaking, with the Artisan Entertainment release, The Playaz Court, and two Stephen King-based short films among his credits. His father, Dan, was diagnosed with PD in 2001, which shifted Robert’s artistic lens to health. He made his first documentary, the award-winning Boys of Summer in 2004. There are two follow up films in the series with the fourth film coming in 2023.
He moved his family back to Walnut Creek, CA, where he grew up. He lives there with his beautiful wife, two teenagers who are, indeed, "all that" and is a proud care partner for his amazing parents.
