Matthew Robbins (born July 15, 1945) is an American

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

and

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best known for his writing work within the American New Wave movement. He collaborated with numerous filmmakers within the movement including

George Lucas George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and philanthropist. He created the ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'' franchises and founded Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. He served as chairman ...

Walter Murch Walter Scott Murch (born July 12, 1943) is an American film editor, director, writer and sound designer. His work includes '' THX 1138'', ''Apocalypse Now'', '' The Godfather I'', '' II'', and '' III'', '' American Graffiti'', '' The Conversation ...

and

Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg ( ; born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time and is ...

, on films like '' The Sugarland Express'', '' Close Encounters of the Third Kind'', and '' Jaws.'' He has also worked frequently with

Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, Gothic fiction, gothicism and horror fiction, horror often blending the genres ...

, writing his films ''Mimic'', '' Crimson Peak'' and ''

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''. Robbins has frequently worked with writer Hal Barwood. Prior to attending

USC School of Cinematic Arts The USC School of Cinematic Arts is an academic unit of the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles. With a history that dates to the first years of Sound film, talkies, the school descends from America's first ...

, Robbins graduated from

Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institution model, J ...

in 1965 where he was classmate and friends with

and Caleb Deschanel. He is a graduate of the AFI Conservatory. In 2004, Robbins received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Johns Hopkins. In 2011, he made his debut in

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by writing the screenplay for the

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thriller ''

7 Khoon Maaf ''7 Khoon Maaf'' (; read as "''Saat Khoon Maaf''"), released internationally as ''Seven Sins Forgiven'', is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film directed, co-written and co-produced by Vishal Bhardwaj. The film stars Priyanka Chopra ...

'', along with director Vishal Bhardwaj. His second Indian film, ''

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'', was also directed by Bhardwaj.

Filmography

Uncredited writer

*'' Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB'' (1967, short film) *''

THX 1138 ''THX 1138'' is a 1971 American social science fiction film co-written and directed by George Lucas in his feature directorial debut. Produced by Francis Ford Coppola and co-written by Walter Murch, the film stars Robert Duvall and Donald Pl ...

'' (1971, also cameo as "THX 1138 in end scene") * '' Jaws'' (1975) * '' Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' (1977, also second unit director and cameo as "Returnee #3 Flt. 19") * '' E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982)

Awards and nominations

* 1974 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay: '' The Sugarland Express'' (won) * 1974 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen: '' The Sugarland Express'' (nomination) * 1976 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium: '' The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings'' (nomination) * 1981 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation: '' Dragonslayer'' (nomination) * 1997 Saturn Award for Best Writing: ''

Mimic In evolutionary biology, mimicry is an evolved resemblance between an organism and another object, often an organism of another species. Mimicry may evolve between different species, or between individuals of the same species. In the simples ...

'' (nomination) * 2010 César Award for Best Original Screenplay: '' Le Concert'' (nomination) * 2015 Saturn Award for Best Writing: '' Crimson Peak'' (nomination)

References

External links

* Living people 1945 births AFI Conservatory alumni Johns Hopkins University alumni USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers Film directors from Texas American film producers American male screenwriters 21st-century American screenwriters Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay winners {{US-film-bio-stub