Tregenza is currently the Director of the Cinema Program at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Richmond Virginia.
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Tregenza's first feature, Talking to Strangers won him acclaim and the eye and praise of Jean-Luc Godard who personally selected the film in 1996 to be showcased at the Toronto Film Festival.
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Besides shooting his own projects, Tregenza has also worked as a director of photography with other directors, including Alex Cox (on Three Businessmen) and Béla Tarr ( Werckmeister Harmonies.
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Tregenza's work often employs the use of long takes to create mise en scene.
Tregenza is a variation of the Cornish surname Tregenna.
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Robert Tregenza (born 1950), American cinematographer and film director