Bruce Robinson | |
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![]() Robinson in 2016 | |
Born | London, England | 2 May 1946
Alma mater | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
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Years active | 1967–present |
Spouse |
Sophie Windham (m. 1984) |
Partner(s) | Lesley-Anne Down (1977–1979) |
Children | 2 |
Awards | BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 1984 The Killing Fields |
Bruce Robinson (born 2 May 1946) 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.[1] He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Killing Fields (1984).
As an actor, he has worked with Franco Zeffirelli, Ken Russell and François Truffaut.