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James F. Robinson is filmmaker living in Los Angeles.

Robinson wrote, directed and produced the independent film STILL BREATHING starring Brendan Fraser, Joanna Going, Ann Magnuson, Lou Rawls and Celeste Holm. The film was released theatrically in the US by October Films (now Focus Features) and internationally by Paramount (UK), Disney (Australia), Delon (S, Asia), Fox Latin America, Helkon (Central Europe), Arum Pd. (Spain), Cinema Service (Korea) and Ashe Continental (Africa) and others. Lakeshore International handled foreign sales duties.

STILL BREATHING premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and went on to play in many other festivals, including Seattle, Chicago, Santa Barbara, Palm Springs, Nantucket and others. Robinson was nominated for the Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montreal World Film Festival. Fraser won the Best Actor Award for his role in the film at the Seattle International Film Festival.

Robinson founded the new media company, CinemaElectric in 1999 and served as its CEO. The company developed a new kind of programming for mobile phones called "Pocket Cinema". PocketCinema was distributed via mobile phones in more than 50 countries. After the company went public, Robinson left in 2006 to resume his filmmaking career.

Robinson's early work has been seen on PBS, The Disney Channel, The Discovery Network, The Family Channel and a variety of European Networks. Jim also founded and directed an improvisational theater company in Texas, IMPROV-A-RAMA, which has been performing since 1990. His commercial, non-profit and corporate clients include NOKIA, SONY ERICSSON, VERIZON, CHILD FUND, AUTOLIV and many others.

Robinson graduated from Trinity University with degrees in Cinema and Art History.

FEATURE AND TV FILMOGRAPHY

1980 MUSIC BOX

1983 MIRACLE OF TAXILA

1985 TINSEL

1990 THE ESTATE SALE

1997 STILL BREATHING

2011 ACTRESS (in pre-production)

In development:

DANCE MAN (feature)

CHEAP THRILLS (TV series)