In 2001, Roffman wrote, co-directed, and starred in the short film The Terror of the Invisible Man. This one-minute film was written in five minutes, shot within two hours and edited in one hour, at a budget of under $100. The film was made solely as a joke to show friends, but eventually ended up playing at 28 film festivals and receiving television distribution on the Independent Film Channel and internet distribution on Atom Films.
In 2003, Roffman was one of the founding staff members of the Independent Film Festival of Boston and became the festival's first Program Director and served in that capacity through 2013. The festival quickly became the première film festival in the New England area. In its first year, the festival had over 10,000 people in attendance. By 2008, the attendance number had grown to over 23,000 people. In the summer of 2013 Roffman stepped down as Program Director to focus on his film work, but remained an advisor to the festival.
In 2014, Roffman teamed up with Luke Poling to direct a short documentary, Spearhunter, which focuses on Colonel Gene Morris, "The World's Greatest Living Spear Hunter", and his Spear Hunting Museum in Summerdale, Alabama. They collaborated with filmmaker Nathaniel Hansen, who served as the film's cinematographer and editor.
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