Search results
Mark Robson (4 December 1913 – 20 June 1978) was a Canadian-American film director, producer, and editor. Robson began his 45-year career in Hollywood as a film editor. He later began working as a director and producer.
Mark Robson. Director: Peyton Place. Mark Robson studied political science and economics at the University of California. He then took a law course at Pacific Coast University, and, at one time, also attended the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.
- January 1, 1
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
- January 1, 1
- London, England, UK
Jul 23, 2024 · Mark Robson (born December 4, 1913, Montreal, Quebec, Canada—died June 20, 1978, London, England) was a Canadian -born American filmmaker who directed the boxing classics Champion (1949) and The Harder They Fall (1956) as well as such commercial blockbusters as Peyton Place (1957) and Valley of the Dolls (1967).
- Michael Barson
Jun 22, 1978 · Mark Robson, a film director whose works ranged from “Champion” and “Home of the Brave” to “Peyton Place” and “Valley of the Dolls,” died of a heart attack Tuesday in a London ...
Mark Robson, (born December 4, 1913, Montreal, Quebec, Canada—died June 20, 1978, London, England), Canadian-born U.S. film director. As an assistant editor at RKO, he worked on Orson Welles ’s first two movies, Citizen Kane (1941) and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942).
Biography. Mark Robson (4 December 1913 – 20 June 1978) was a Canadian-born film editor, film director and producer in Hollywood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Robson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Mark Robson was a Canadian-born film editor, film director and producer in Hollywood. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he moved to the United States at a young age. He studied at the University of California, Los Angeles then found work in the prop department at 20th Century Fox studios.