- Phil Alden Robinson
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name = Phil Alden Robinson
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birthdate =March 1 ,1950
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academyawards =Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay
emmyawards = Directing - Miniseries, Movie or Special
2002 "Band of Brothers "Phil Alden Robinson (born
March 1 ,1950 ) inLong Beach, New York , is an Americanfilm director andscreenwriter whose films include "Field of Dreams ", "Sneakers" and "The Sum of All Fears".Biography
Robinson graduated from
Union College inSchenectady, New York with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Union College in 1996."
Field of Dreams " earned nominations for theDirectors Guild of America Award, theWriters Guild of America Award, and threeAcademy Awards , including Best Screenplay Adaptation. It has won the Christophers Award, andPremiere Magazine 's Readers Poll for Best Picture of 1989."Sneakers" was nominated for an
Edgar Award by theMystery Writers of America ."Freedom Song" won the
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Longform Screenplay, was nominated for twoEmmy Award s, threeNAACP Image Award s (including Best TV Movie), aScreen Actors Guild Award, a Sound Editors Golden Reel Award, and theHumanitas Prize . It received The Christopher Award, the San Francisco Film Society's "Golden Gate Award", and a National Association of Minorities in Communications Image Award.For "
Band of Brothers ", he (along with all the directors on the series) was nominated for aDirectors Guild of America Award and won anEmmy Award for Best Directing of a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special.In 1992, he accompanied the
United Nations High Commission for Refugees as an observer on relief missions toSomalia and Bosnia, for which he wrote and directed his first of five documentaries for ABC News "Nightline". The last one, "Sarajevo Spring", was nominated for a national News & DocumentaryEmmy Award in 1997.In 1990, he was named "Screenwriter of the Year" by the
National Association of Theatre Owners , and in 1994 received theWriters Guild of America ’s Valentine Davies Award for contributions to the entertainment industry and the community-at-large.He serves on the Board of Governors of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ; as a Trustee of the Academy Foundation; on the Board of Directors of theWriters Guild of America ; as a member of theNational Film Preservation Board ; and on the Board of Overseers of theUCLA Hammer Museum .Filmography
*"All of Me", starring
Steve Martin andLily Tomlin (1984) - Writer
*"In the Mood ", starringPatrick Dempsey ,Beverly D'Angelo andTalia Balsam (1987) - Writer / Director
*"Field of Dreams ", starringKevin Costner ,James Earl Jones ,Amy Madigan andBurt Lancaster (1989) - Writer / Director
*"Sneakers", starringRobert Redford ,Sidney Poitier ,Dan Aykroyd ,Mary McDonnell ,River Phoenix andBen Kingsley (1992) - Co-writer / Director
*"Freedom Song", a TNT movie about theCivil Rights movement , starringDanny Glover andVondie Curtis-Hall (2000) – Co-Executive Producer / Co-writer / Director
*"Band of Brothers " -HBO , produced bySteven Spielberg andTom Hanks (2001) - Director (Episode One)
*"The Sum of All Fears", starringBen Affleck andMorgan Freeman (2002) - DirectorExternal links
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