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Director. Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Robin Bissell was born on 6 June 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Hunger Games (2012), Seabiscuit (2003) and The Best of Enemies (2019). More at IMDbPro.
- Producer, Director, Actor
- June 6, 1968
- Robin Bissell
- "You're Hired!"
- Director's Chair
- A Day Dreamer
Every seasoned Hollywood player has their own tale about how they broke into the most competitive industry in America. Robin Bissell '86 is no exception. At the age of 27, the former Belfry Club star found himself in one of those odd moments of life. He was ready to move on from his band, Everything, and give the movie business a try, so he called ...
Twenty-two years after landing his first job on a movie set, Bissell has officially made the jump from producer's seat to the director's chair. The GA graduate is making his directorial debut with The Best of Enemies,which is scheduled to premiere in March 2019, Bissell wrote the screenplay for the film, which was inspired by Osha Gray Davidson's b...
By his own admission, Bissell was very much a day dreamer at GA. "I was a guy who you would expect to go to LA and try to get into the movie business," said Bissell, who transferred to GA before the start of ninth grade. "I wasn't the perfect student." But, a number of teachers and coaches, including Peter McVeigh 1760, Roger Eastlake '59, Ted Hayn...
Apr 5, 2019 · Robin Bissell, the director of 'The Best of Enemies,' starring Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell, said he "three-dimensionalized" a KKK member because that's what the real-life Ann Atwater did....
The Best of Enemies is a 2019 American drama film directed and written by Robin Bissell in his feature debut. It is based on the book The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South by Osha Gray Davidson , which focuses on the rivalry between civil rights activist Ann Atwater and Ku Klux Klan leader C. P. Ellis .
Robin Bissell was born on June 6, 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Hunger Games (2012), Seabiscuit (2003) and The Best of Enemies (2019).
- June 6, 1968
Apr 5, 2019 · Director Robin Bissell’s script has more sympathy for, and pays more attention to, the Klansman than the Black children whose future may be forever damaged by the outcome of the charrette. Despite having an equal share in the story, Ann Atwater is pushed into the background, sometimes disappearing from the film for stretches at a time.
Mar 29, 2019 · Robin Bissell is the writer, director and producer of “The Best of Enemies” film and appeared at the Durham premiere of the movie at the Carolina Theatre March 19, 2019.
