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Bruce Robinson

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British screenwriter and film director

United KingdomWritersBorn 1946 · age 80
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Bruce Robinson is an English actor, director, screenwriter and novelist. He wrote and directed Withnail and I (1987), a film with comic and tragic elements set in London in the late 1960s, which drew on his experiences as a struggling actor, living in poverty in Camden Town.

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Bruce Robinson and Lesley-Anne Down in the late 1970sBruce Robinson and Lesley-Anne Down in the late 1970sRobinson at the premiere of The Rum DiaryRobinson at the premiere of The Rum Diary

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Writers Guild of America Award

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Bruce Robinson is an English actor, director, screenwriter and novelist. He wrote and directed Withnail and I (1987), a film with comic and tragic elements set in London in the late 1960s, which drew on his experiences as a struggling actor, living in poverty in Camden Town. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Killing Fields (1984).

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1946 · age 80
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16 languages

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