Bruce Robinson

Born 1946 · British screenwriter and film director

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).

Bruce Robinson, in order

1. 1968 Romeo and Juliet: acted · directed by Franco Zeffirelli · critics 95%, audiences 74% · streaming on Hoopla
2. 1970 Tam Lin: acted · directed by Roddy McDowall
3. 1971 Private Road: acted · directed by Barney Platts-Mills
4. 1971 The Music Lovers: acted · directed by Ken Russell
5. 1975 The Story of Adele H.: acted · directed by François Truffaut
6. 1977 Kleinhoff Hotel: acted · directed by Carlo Lizzani
7. 1981 Harry's War: acted · directed by Kieth Merrill
8. 1984 The Killing Fields: wrote · directed by Roland Joffé
9. 1987 Withnail and I: directed, wrote
10. 1989 Fat Man and Little Boy: wrote · directed by Roland Joffé · critics 50%, audiences 46% · streaming on Kanopy
11. 1989 How to Get Ahead in Advertising: directed, wrote
12. 1992 Jennifer 8: directed, wrote
13. 1998 Return to Paradise: wrote · directed by Joseph Ruben
14. 1998 Still Crazy: acted · directed by Brian Gibson
15. 1999 In Dreams: wrote · directed by Neil Jordan
16. 2011 The Rum Diary: directed, wrote