Robbie Robertson is a playwright, screenwriter and graduate of the University of South Carolina and UCLA’s professional screenwriting program. Robertson’s first comedy, MINA TONIGHT! was published by Samuel French and has been produced in regional theatres across the US. His most recent play, a staged adaptation of the B-movie SATAN IN HIGH HEELS, premiered in NYC and enjoyed a sold-out run.
His first short film as writer/director, WHISTLER’S MOTHER (a dark fable based on the iconic painting by James McNeill Whistler) was screened in NYC at The Philip K. Dick Film Festival; in Moscow at the Russian International Horror Film Festival; the Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival where it won the Audience Choice Award, and Screamfest in Los Angeles. Hi latest short film, COMMON AS RED HAIR, explore the family dynamics of a child being born intersex and the parental reaction to this challenge. The screenplay for the film was a finalist at the Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Contest and it has won awards and screenings at film festivals across the globe. Currently, Robertson is working with DEAL Productions on a “coming of (old) age” comedy called JUST IN TIME and serves as a story editor for several Canadian film projects.
