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Chris Robinson

Birthplace:
Maryland, USA

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Chris Robinson is a film director working mostly with music videos and commercials. He has directed commercials for brands such as iPod, Coca Cola and Verizon and music videos for songs like "Fallin'" and "You Don't Know My Name" by Alicia Keys, "Roc Boys" by Jay-Z, the grammy nominated video for "One Mic" by Nas, and "Bonnie & Clyde '03" by Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé Knowles.  He is also known for the creation of the concept "Boost Mobile" ad campaigns featuring rap superstars such as Kanye West, Ludacris, The Game, Eve, and others.  Kevin Hart's scripted comedy "Real Husbands of Hollywood" was Chris Robinson's' first foray into directing a 30 minute comedy for television. The show went for 5 seasons and garnered a true cult following.  Chris directed BETs highest-rated program in network history "The New Edition Story" which received a NAACP Image Award. The project also launched the career of Stranger Things actor Caleb McLaughlin. Robinson directed Barack Obama's White House concert "Love & Happiness" followed by the Amazon Prime pilot "The Climb", and became co-executive producer of the Fox/Lee Daniels one hour drama "STAR". Robinson has produced and directed several episodes of television including Black-ish, Grown-ish, Mixed-ish, and American Soul.  In 2018 Robinson directed the Netflix coming of age film "Beats" starring Anthony Anderson, Uzo Aduba and newcomer Khalil Everage. The film examines mental health and the effects of trauma experienced by a musical prodigy living on the Southside of Chicago. Imagine Entertainment and Hulu tapped Robinson to co-produce and direct the pilot episode of Wu Tang: An American Saga. The show has been picked up for a second season.  In the multi-cam world, Robinson directed comedy specials for Tiffany Haddish "From the Hood to Hollywood" as well as Yvonne Orji's first HBO comedy special title "Momma I Made It." Chris recently Dave Chappelle's "The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor," which was nominated for an Emmy.  Lebron James SpringHill Entertainment and Universal Pictures has partnered with Chris Robinson to produce/direct the coming of age story of Lebron James high school years called "Shooting Stars".  Robinsons Robot Film Company is currently developing several projects including a scripted series that examines the unscrupulous world of music video in the late 90's and early 2000's.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Director:
2005  Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up
2006  ATL
2011  Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition
2016  BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2017  Tiffany Haddish: She Ready! From the Hood to Hollywood!
2019  Beats
2020  Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
2022  The Greatest Mixtape Ever
2023  Shooting Stars

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TV Production

Co-Executive Producer:
2017  The Climb

Director:
2014  black-ish
2016  Star
2017  The Climb
2017  The New Edition Story
2018  grown-ish
2019  Wu-Tang: An American Saga
2019  mixed-ish

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