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For the baseball player, see Bruce Robinson (baseball). Bruce Philip Robinson (born April 16 1954 in La Jolla California is a former Major League Baseball Catcher.

Bruce Robinson (born May 2, 1946 (1946-05-02) (age 62)) is an English director and screenwriter. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made He was born in Broadstairs in Kent. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format In his youth, Robinson dreamed of being an actor and was admitted to the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. The Central School of Speech and Drama was founded in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young Actors and other students His first film role was as Benvolio in Franco Zeffirelli's film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet (1968). Franco Zeffirelli, KBE (born Gianfranco Corsi on February 12, 1923) is an Italian Film director. Romeo and Juliet ( 1968) is a movie adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. He eventually became disenchanted with acting after spending several years out of work and living on social security payments and began writing screenplays and was soon commissioned by David Puttnam to write the screenplay for The Killing Fields (1984). David Terence Puttnam Baron Puttnam, CBE, FRSA, (born 25 February 1941 is a film producer and politician The Killing Fields is a 1984 British film drama about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia.

Robinson was nominated for an Academy Award and won a BAFTA for his work. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation He is perhaps best known as the creative force behind the film Withnail and I (1987). Withnail and I is a British film made in 1986 by Handmade Films. He wrote and directed the autobiographical film, which is based on his experiences as an out-of-work actor. The character of 'Withnail' is based on his friend, Vivian MacKerrell, and the character of 'I' (Marwood) is based on himself. Vivian Alan J MacKerrell ( May 23, 1944 -March 1995 was a British actor of the 1960s who shared a house with Film director Bruce Robinson This film also launched the acting career of Richard E. Grant. Richard E Grant (born May 5 1957 is an English Actor, Screenwriter and director, perhaps most famous for portraying the world-weary drug-crazed Withnail and I was unsuccessful at the box office, but developed a cult following after its video release. It is now considered a modern classic.

In addition to his autobiography, Smoking In Bed: Conversations With Bruce Robinson (2000), edited by Alistair Owen, Robinson also wrote a novel, The Peculiar Memories Of Thomas Penman (1998). Robinson currently lives in London with his wife, Sophie Windham, and their two children - Lily (b. 1987) and Willoughby (b. 1994). Since becoming a father, Robinson has also written two children's books, The Obvious Elephant (2000) and Harold and The Duck (2005), both illustrated by his wife. The former is also available as an audiobook edition (2003), read by Lorelei King and Michael Maloney.

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Filmography (as actor)

Filmography (as writer)

Filmography (as director)

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Romeo and Juliet ( 1968) is a movie adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. The Music Lovers is a 1970 British Biographical film directed by Ken Russell. The Story of Adele H (also L'Histoire d'Adèle H) is a 1975 English / French Film which tells the story How to Get Ahead in Advertising is a 1989 British film written and directed by Bruce Robinson and starring Richard E Still Crazy is a 1998 Comedy film about a fictional 1970s Rock band named "Strange Fruit" who after being split up for several The Killing Fields is a 1984 British film drama about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. Withnail and I is a British film made in 1986 by Handmade Films. How to Get Ahead in Advertising is a 1989 British film written and directed by Bruce Robinson and starring Richard E Fat Man and Little Boy (aka Shadow Makers in the UK is a 1989 film that reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret Allied Jennifer Eight is a 1992 film written and directed by Bruce Robinson and starring Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman and John Malkovich Return to Paradise is a 1998 film directed by Joseph Ruben, written by Wesley Strick and Bruce Robinson and starring Anne Heche In Dreams is a Psychological thriller directed by Neil Jordan, released in 1999. The Rum Diary is an early Novel by American Writer Hunter S Thompson that was written in the early 1960s but was not published until 1998 Withnail and I is a British film made in 1986 by Handmade Films. How to Get Ahead in Advertising is a 1989 British film written and directed by Bruce Robinson and starring Richard E Jennifer Eight is a 1992 film written and directed by Bruce Robinson and starring Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman and John Malkovich The Rum Diary is an early Novel by American Writer Hunter S Thompson that was written in the early 1960s but was not published until 1998 Withnail and I is a British film made in 1986 by Handmade Films. The British Film Institute ( BFI) is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to encourage the development of the arts of film television screenonline is a Web site devoted to the history of British film and television, and to Social history as revealed by film and television
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