Bruce Robinson

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Nationality: English
Birthdate: 05/02/1945
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom

biography

Robinson was chosen to appear as Benvolio in Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet" during his third year of drama school and acted in several films--notably "The Story of Adele H." (1975), as Lieutenant Pinson--before giving up performing in 1975 to concentrate on writing.

It took ten years and 20 screenplays before Robinson's work reached the screen, in the shape of the Oscar-winning "The Killing Fields" (1984), directed by Roland Joffe. Robinson parlayed the success of "Fields" into his first directing assignment, the critically acclaimed, semi-autobiographical "Withnail and I" (1987). A Continued

Credits

Screenplay
1999
screenplay
1999
Screenplay
1998
Screenplay
1984
screenplay
1984
Actor
1971
Screenplay
Lieutenant Pinson
Director
Director
Peter
screenplay
screenplay
Source Material (from novel)

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Broadstairs, Kent, England
1968 
Film acting debut as Benvolio in "Romeo and Juliet"
1975 
Co-starred opposite Isabelle Adjani in Truffaut's "L'Histoire d'Adele H/The Story of Adele H"
1975 
Gave up acting to concentrate on writing
1984 
First produced screenplay, "The Killing Fields", directed by Roland Joffe
Continued

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