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Matthew Robbins is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Executive Producer and Thanks American born on 15 july 1945

Matthew Robbins

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Nationality USA
Birth 15 july 1945 (78 years)

Matthew Robbins (born circa 1945) is an American screenwriter, film producer and director. He is good friends with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Guillermo Del Toro and Walter Murch and has had cameo appearances in THX 1138 and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Robbins frequently worked with Hal Barwood.
He recently wrote the screenplay for the Bollywood thriller 7 Khoon Maaf, along with Vishal Bhardwaj.

Best films

Incredibles 2 (2018)
(Thanks)
The Incredibles (2004)
(Thanks)
Ratatouille (2007)
(Thanks)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
(Writer)
The Concert (2009)
(Scriptwriter)

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Filmography of Matthew Robbins (28 films)

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Actor

Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 2h9
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey
Roles Returnee #3 Flt. 19
Rating75% 3.798123.798123.798123.798123.79812
In the Sonoran Desert, French scientist Claude Lacombe (François Truffaut) and his American interpreter, mapmaker David Laughlin, along with other government scientific researchers, discover Flight 19, a squadron of Grumman TBM Avengers that went missing more than 30 years earlier. The planes are intact and operational, but there is no sign of the pilots. An old man who witnessed the event claimed "the sun came out at night, and sang to him." They also find a lost cargo ship in the Gobi Desert named SS Cotopaxi. At an air traffic control center in Indianapolis, a controller listens as two airline flights narrowly avoid a mid-air collision with an apparent unidentified flying object (UFO), which neither pilot chooses to report, even when invited to do so. In Muncie, Indiana, 3-year-old Barry Guiler is awakened in the night when his toys start operating on their own. Fascinated, he gets out of bed and discovers something or someone (off-screen) in the kitchen. He runs outside, forcing his mother, Jillian, to chase after him.
THX 1138
THX 1138 (1971)
, 1h28
Directed by George Lucas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction, Action
Themes Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Robot films
Actors Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley, Ian Wolfe, Maggie McOmie, Sid Haig
Roles prisonnier
Rating65% 3.2991153.2991153.2991153.2991153.299115
In the story's society, sexual intercourse is prohibited, whereas use of mind-altering drugs is mandatory to enforce compliance among the city's residents and to ensure their ability to conduct dangerous and demanding tasks. Everyone is clothed in identical uniform, except the police androids (who wear black) and robed monks.

Director

Bingo
Bingo (1991)
, 1h29
Directed by Matthew Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs
Actors Cindy Williams, David Rasche, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Kurt Fuller, Chelan Simmons, Glenn Shadix
Rating49% 2.4547852.4547852.4547852.4547852.454785
Bingo is an outcast circus dog whom his owners pay little attention to. Their star puppy, Lauren, develops an infection so they use Bingo for their next act - The Ring of Fire. But Bingo is afraid of fire (due to the fact that he experienced it as a young puppy) and chickens out. His master (Simon Webb) gets ready to kill him, but his wife stops him and tells Bingo to start over and find a family. Bingo does so when the master's wife finally agrees to kill him when Bingo mistakes the wife's orders several times.
*batteries not included, 1h46
Directed by Matthew Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Peña, Michael Carmine, Tom Aldredge
Rating66% 3.3007053.3007053.3007053.3007053.300705
Frank and Faye Riley (Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy), an elderly couple who run an apartment building and café in the run-down East Village neighborhood, come under threat by a nearby property development. The development manager, Lacey sends a hoodlum named Carlos and his gang of thugs to bribe the couple and their tenants to move out. When the tenants resist, Carlos and his thugs punch through artist Mason Baylor's (Dennis Boutsikaris) door, intimidate pregnant single mother Marisa Esteval (Elizabeth Peña) and break retired boxer Harry Knoble's (Frank McRae) jar of tiles. After Frank Riley refuses to move, Carlos vandalizes the café.
The Legend of Billie Jean, 1h36
Directed by Matthew Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Helen Slater, Christian Slater, Keith Gordon, Yeardley Smith, Dean Stockwell, Peter Coyote
Rating65% 3.2991753.2991753.2991753.2991753.299175
Billie Jean Davy (Helen Slater), a Corpus Christi, Texas high school girl, rides with her younger brother, Binx (Christian Slater), on a Honda Elite to a local lake to enjoy a day of swimming and relaxation. A group of teenage boys, led by Hubie Pyatt (Barry Tubb), who sexually harass Billie Jean on a regular basis, starts trouble with them, but Binx humiliates Hubie and they get away. Later at the lake, Billie Jean tells Binx about Vermont, and Binx expresses a desire to go there. During their conversation about travelling there, Hubie and his friends arrive, apparently looking to get revenge for Binx's humiliation. They find Binx's scooter and steal it.
Dragonslayer, 1h49
Directed by Matthew Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about dragons, Children's films
Actors Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam, Peter Eyre, Sydney Bromley
Rating65% 3.2985553.2985553.2985553.2985553.298555
A sixth-century post-Roman kingdom called Urland is being terrorized by a 400-year-old dragon named Vermithrax Pejorative. To appease the dragon, King Casiodorus (Peter Eyre) offers it virgin girls selected by lottery twice a year. An expedition led by a young man called Valerian (Clarke) seeks the last sorcerer, Ulrich of Craggenmoor (Richardson), for help. A brutish centurion from Urland named Tyrian (Hallam), who has followed the expedition, intimidates the wizard. Ulrich invites Tyrian to stab him to prove his magical powers. Tyrian does so and Ulrich dies instantly, to the horror of his young apprentice Galen Bradwarden (MacNicol) and his elderly servant Hodge (Sydney Bromley). Hodge cremates Ulrich's body and places the ashes in a leather pouch, informing Galen that Ulrich wanted his ashes spread over a lake of burning water.
Corvette Summer, 1h45
Directed by Matthew Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, Eugene Roche, William Bryant, Danny Bonaduce, Kim Milford
Rating56% 2.8493252.8493252.8493252.8493252.849325
Kenny Dantley (Mark Hamill) is a car-loving Southern California high school senior. For a project in his shop class, Kenny helps build a customized Chevrolet Corvette Stingray with right-hand-drive. Shortly after the new set of wheels is unveiled, the car is stolen from the streets of Van Nuys. Kenny immediately sets out on the trail of the thieves, which takes him to Las Vegas. On the way, he meets Vanessa (Annie Potts) who is a self-described "prostitute-in-training."

Scriptwriter

Rangoon
Rangoon (2017)

Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Shahid Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Kangana Ranaut, Esha Gupta, Richard McCabe, Alex Avery
Rating56% 2.802052.802052.802052.802052.80205
Rangoon is a Casablanca-like love triangle set against the backdrop of the Second World War and music company name will be Sony Music India.
Madame
Madame (2017)
, 1h30
Directed by Amanda Sthers
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Toni Collette, Harvey Keitel, Rossy de Palma, Michael Smiley, Tom Hughes, Stanislas Merhar
Rating60% 3.047253.047253.047253.047253.04725
Lors d’un diner mondain, la maitresse de maison apprend au dernier moment qu'ils seront treize à table et demande à Maria, l’une de ses gouvernantes de se joindre à eux en espérant que sa présence passera inaperçue. Les choses se compliquent lorsque David Reville, l'un des convives en affaires avec le maître de maison, tombe subitement amoureux de cette Maria énigmatique.
Crimson Peak, 1h59
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Ghost films
Actors Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Charlie Hunnam, Jim Beaver, Burn Gorman
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.252123.252123.252123.252123.25212
In 1887, Edith Cushing, the young daughter of wealthy American businessman Carter Cushing, is visited by her mother's ghost who warns her, "beware of Crimson Peak."
Ek Thi Daayan
Directed by Kannan Iyer
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Romance
Actors Emraan Hashmi, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kalki Koechlin, Huma Qureshi, Huma Qureshi, Pavan Malhotra
Rating56% 2.849242.849242.849242.849242.84924
Bobo (Emraan Hashmi) is India's top magician, a star. But unknown to even his beautiful girlfriend Tamara (Huma Qureshi), his life is falling apart. Hallucinations about his dead little sister Misha are casting a dark shadow on his life, threatening his very sanity. He is shown to be frequently drawn to his old vacant family apartment, where in the latest visit, he opens the lid of a treasure chest in one of the rooms, only to see a vision of his little sister Misha dead inside with a lizard crawling over the body. Tamara tracks him down to the apartment at the same time, taking him back to the room and opening the chest, only to find Misha's old doll inside. This latest hallucination proves to be too much, and Bobo is left with no option but to seek psychiatric help in the form of the rather odd Dr. Palit, who puts him under regression hypnosis to go back to the distant past, when Bobo was 11 and Misha 6.
Vijay and I, 1h36
Directed by Sam Garbarski
Origin Belgique
Genres Comedy
Actors Moritz Bleibtreu, Patricia Arquette, Danny Pudi, Michael Imperioli, Jeannie Berlin, Tania Garbarski
Roles Writer
Rating53% 2.658922.658922.658922.658922.65892
Comédien de talent, prisonnier du rôle d'un pitoyable lapin d'une émission de télévision new-yorkaise pour enfants, Will maugrée, persuadé que tout le monde a oublié son anniversaire. Mais lorsque la voiture qu'on lui a volée est impliquée dans un accident auquel tout le monde croit qu'il a succombé, Will décide d'assister à ses propres obsèques pour savoir ce que tout le monde pense vraiment de lui. Avec la complicité de son meilleur ami Rad, un restaurateur indien, Will devient Vijay Singh, un séduisant Sikh. Étonnamment, sa femme Julia a un coup de coeur pour Vijay et Will finit par lui faire la cour, caché sous ce déguisement. C'est ainsi qu'il apprend de désagréables vérités sur lui-même et fait face à un dilemme: il préfère Vijay à lui-même. Et c'est le cas de tout le monde.
7 Khoon Maaf, 2h17
Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Erotic, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Priyanka Chopra, Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham, Irrfan Khan, Annu Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah
Roles Ecrivain
Rating62% 3.1496953.1496953.1496953.1496953.149695
7 Khoon Maaf tells the story of an Anglo-Indian woman, Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes (Priyanka Chopra), who murders all her husbands. Susanna tries to find love, but six of her seven husbands have a flaw which proves fatal. The killings (and her yearning for love) are explained by the loss of her mother at a young age. The story is told by a young forensic pathologist, Arun, (Vivaan Shah) to his wife, Nandini (Konkona Sen Sharma). Arun has watched Susanna since their childhood, and has a secret crush on her. He owes his life to her; she funded his education, making him what he is today. Arun tells his wife that Susanna has committed suicide, leaving him a note congratulating him on his marriage. The doctor must now confirm that the body found is Susanna's. Arun is unable to overcome his grief over her death and pours out his heart to his wife, who listens patiently.