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Robin Bissell is a filmmaker who has worked on movies such as The Hunger Games, Seabiscuit and The Best of Enemies. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and has a trademark of frequently working with director Gary Ross.
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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...
Learn how Robin Bissell '86, a former Belfry Club singer-songwriter, became a producer and director of films like Pleasantville, Seabiscuit, and The Best of Enemies. Discover his journey, his challenges, and his insights on race and redemption.
Robin Bissell is a producer and director who has worked on The Hunger Games, Seabiscuit and The Best of Enemies. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on June 6, 1968.
- June 6, 1968
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...
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.
Apr 2, 2019 · Robin Bissell, the writer-director of The Best of Enemies, talks about his feature debut, his cast, his production process, and his challenges. The film is a true story drama about the unlikely friendship between a civil rights activist and a Klan leader in 1971.
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Apr 6, 2019 · Learn about the writer-director of The Best of Enemies, a movie drama based on a true story of racial conflict in 1971 North Carolina. Watch a video interview and see a trailer of the film.
