Phil Alden Robinson

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Biography

American film director

  • Primary profession
  • Writer·director·producer
  • Nationality
  • United States
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 01 March 1950
  • Place of birth
  • Long Beach· New York
  • Education
  • Union College
  • Knows language
  • English language

Books

Trivia

Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Writers Branch) [2004-2007].

He graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York in 1971 with a major in Political Science.

Son-in-law of Barbara Bartlett Sloan of New York City and Paul Holland Bartlett of Fairfield, Connecticut.

Son of Jessie Robinson of Lake Worth, Florida and the late S. Jesse Robinson.

(February 2005) Still developing his labor of love project "The Age Of Aquarius" about humanitarian relief workers, to which Harrison Ford was long attached to star until it was cancelled back in 1997.

(August 2002) Appeared on the Today Show Concert as a guitarist with his current girlfriend, Carole King

He accompanied the United Nations High Commission for Refugees on humanitarian visits to Bosnia and Somalia as an observer. After this visit, he produced five documentaries about the terrible conditions in Bosnia and Somalia.

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