Robert Boris (October 12, 1945) is an American screenwriter, film producer and director.

Life and career

During the 1970s and 1980s Robert Boris wrote or co-wrote various original or adapted screenplays and dialogues, either for TV or feature films, including ''

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,'' '' Electra Glide in Blue'' (whose script was noted for its fatalism) and '' Some Kind of Hero,'' directed by

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''.'' He also wrote the screenplay for '' Dr Detroit'', his second collaboration with Pressman. Boris's work on the film is described as follows: In 1983 Boris wrote the screenplay of the 4-part serialised film ''

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'', focusing on the power struggle between Robert F. Kennedy and James R. Hoffa. The next year, he wrote and directed ''

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''. Regarding the film, Boris's debut as director,

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recalls: He is also the director of '' Steele Justice'', '' Buy & Cell'', '' Frank and Jesse'', and '' Backyard Dogs''. Drafts or abandoned screenplays by Boris include the first draft for ''Air Force One'', that producers wanted to submit to

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Awards

Boris won the WGA Award for Original/Adapted Multi-Part Long Form Series for ''

'' in 1984.

Filmography

As director only

* '' Buy & Cell'' (1988) * '' Frank and Jesse'' (1994)

As writer and director

* ''

'' (1984) * '' Steele Justice'' (1987) * '' Backyard Dogs'' (2000) * ''Little Hercules'' (2009), with

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As writer only

* ''

'' (screenplay adapted from a story by himself Rupert Hitzig) (1973) (TV) * '' Electra Glide in Blue'' (with Rupert Hitzig) (1973) * '' Some Kind of Hero'' (screenplay adapted from James Kirkwood Jr.) (1982) * ''Deadly Encounter'' (with David J. Kinghorn) (1982) (TV) * ''

'' (1983) (TV) * '' Doctor Detroit'' (with

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and

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) (1983) * '' Izzy and Moe'' (with Steven Patrick Bell, Jim Cash & Jack Epps Jr.) (1985) (TV) * '' Marilyn and Me'' (1991) (TV) (screenplay and story) * ''

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'' (with Frank Sacks) (1993) * '' Diplomatic Siege'' (with

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and Kevin Bernhardt) (1999) * '' Deep Freeze'' (with Dennis A. Pratt and Matthew Jason Walsh) (2002)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boris, Robert 1945 births American television writers Film producers from New York (state) American male screenwriters Living people Screenwriters from New York City American male television writers Film directors from New York City