Phil Alden Robinson Biography (1950-)

Full name, Philip Alden Robinson; born March 1, 1950, in Long Beach, CA; sonof S. Jesse and Jessie Francis (maiden name, Roth) Robinson. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, writer
Birth Details: March 1, 1950; Long Beach, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Associate producer, All of Me, Universal, 1984
Director, In the Mood (also known as The Woo Woo Kid), Lorimar, 1987
Director, Field of Dreams (also known as Shoeless Joe), Universal, 1989
Director, Sneakers, Universal, 1992
Executive producer, All the Queen's Men (also known as Die Maenner Ihrer Majestaet), 2001
Director, The Sum of All Fears, Paramount, 2002
Television Work
Movies
Executive producer and director, Freedom Song, TNT, 2000
Miniseries
Director, "Currahee," Band of Brothers, 2001
Television Director

Episodic
George Burns Comedy Week, CBS, 1985
Television Appearances
Specials
Diamonds on the Silver Screen, AMC, 1992
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With Sylvester Stallone; and author of story) Rhinestone (based on Larry Weiss's song "Rhinestone Cowboy"), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
(With Henry Olek) All of Me (based on Ed Davis's novel Me Too), Universal, 1984
In the Mood (also known as The Woo Woo Kid; based on a story by Robinson, Bob Kosberg, and David Simon), Lorimar, 1987
Field of Dreams (also known as Shoeless Joe; based on W. P.Kinsella's novel Shoeless Joe), Universal, 1989
(As Jack T. D. Robinson) Relentless, New Line Cinema, 1989
(With Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes) Sneakers, Universal, 1992
Film Songs
(With Mike Post and Bob Clark) "The Day My Baby Died," Rhinestone,Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
"Baby Blues (Sonny's Theme)," In the Mood (also known as The Woo Woo Kid), Lorimar, 1987
Television Movies
Freedom Song, TNT, 2000
Television Episodes
Trapper John, M.D., CBS, between 1981 and 1982

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Authors, Volume 139, Gale, 1993

Periodicals

American Film, May, 1989, p. 62
Premiere, October, 1992, pp. 79-84
Rolling Stone, May 18, 1989, p. 43

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