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Matthew Robbins
Writer 81 years old

Matthew Robbins

New York City, New York, USA

Matthew Robbins is an American screenwriter, film producer and director. He is good friends with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Guillermo Del Toro and Walter Murch and has had cameo appearances in THX 1138 and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Robbins frequently worked with... Read full bio →

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Every title this person wrote

12 titles
Madame

Madame

Amanda Sthers 2017 1h 31m

Anne and Bob, a well-to-do American couple, have just moved to a beautiful manor house in romantic Paris. To impress their sophisticated friends, they decide to host a lavish dinner party, but must disguise their maid as a noblewoman to even out the number of guests.

Crimson Peak

Crimson Peak

Guillermo del Toro 2015 1h 59m 6.6

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Troy Nixey 2010 1h 39m 5.9

A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.

Le concert

Le concert

Radu Mihăileanu 2009 1h 59m 8.6

A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for hiring Jewish musicians and now works cleaning the concert hall where he once directed. One day, he intercepts an official invitation from the prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet.

Mimic

Mimic

Guillermo del Toro 1997 1h 45m 5.9

Three years ago entomologist Dr. Susan Tyler genetically created an insect to kill cockroaches carrying a virulent disease, now the insects are out to destroy their only predator, mankind!

*batteries not included

*batteries not included

Matthew Robbins 1987 1h 47m 6.9

In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.

Warning Sign

Warning Sign

Hal Barwood 1985 1h 39m

An accident occurs in an ultra-secret government biological weapons laboratory spreading a sinister bacteria.

Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer

Matthew Robbins 1981 1h 48m 6.7

The sorcerer and his apprentice Galen are on a mission to kill an evil dragon in order to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed in accordance to a pact that the King himself made with the dragon to protect his kingdom. A fantasy film from Disney Studios that exhausted all possible visual effects of the time.

Corvette Summer

Corvette Summer

Matthew Robbins 1978 1h 45m 4.0

Ken loves to design and build exotic cars. When the High School shop class project car, a fully tricked out dream Corvette, is stolen, he begins searching for it. His search leads him to Las Vegas, where Vanessa, a teenaged prostitute wannabe, helps him try to track it down.

MacArthur

MacArthur

Joseph Sargent 1977 2h 10m
The Sugarland Express

The Sugarland Express

Steven Spielberg 1974 1h 50m 7.1

Lou-Jean, a blonde woman, tells her husband, who is imprisoned, to escape. They plan to kidnap their own child, who was placed with foster parents. The escape is partly successful, they take a hostage, who is a policeman and are pursued through to Texas.

Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB

Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB

George Lucas 1967 15m

In an underground city in a dystopian future, the protagonist, whose name is "THX 1138 4EB", is shown running through passageways and enclosed spaces. It is soon discovered that THX is escaping his community. The government uses computers and cameras to track down THX and attempt to stop him; however, they fail.

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