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Robin Bissell is a filmmaker who has worked on movies such as The Hunger Games, Seabiscuit and The Best of Enemies. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and has a trademark of frequently working with director Gary Ross.
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Every seasoned Hollywood player has their own tale about how they broke into the most competitive industry in America. Robin Bissell '86 is no exception. At the age of 27, the former Belfry Club star found himself in one of those odd moments of life. He was ready to move on from his band, Everything, and give the movie business a try, so he called ...
Twenty-two years after landing his first job on a movie set, Bissell has officially made the jump from producer's seat to the director's chair. The GA graduate is making his directorial debut with The Best of Enemies,which is scheduled to premiere in March 2019, Bissell wrote the screenplay for the film, which was inspired by Osha Gray Davidson's b...
By his own admission, Bissell was very much a day dreamer at GA. "I was a guy who you would expect to go to LA and try to get into the movie business," said Bissell, who transferred to GA before the start of ninth grade. "I wasn't the perfect student." But, a number of teachers and coaches, including Peter McVeigh 1760, Roger Eastlake '59, Ted Hayn...
Learn how Robin Bissell '86, a former Belfry Club singer-songwriter, became a producer and director of films like Pleasantville, Seabiscuit, and The Best of Enemies. Discover his journey, his challenges, and his insights on race and redemption.
The Best of Enemies is a 2019 American drama film directed and written by Robin Bissell in his feature debut. It is based on the book The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South by Osha Gray Davidson, which focuses on the rivalry between civil rights activist Ann Atwater and Ku Klux Klan leader C. P. Ellis.
Apr 5, 2019 · But, as writer-director-producer Robin Bissell said at the film’s New York City premiere Thursday, simply dismissing it as a feel-good movie about race does a disservice to the real-life story.
Robin Bissell is a producer and director who has worked on The Hunger Games, Seabiscuit and The Best of Enemies. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on June 6, 1968.
- June 6, 1968
Apr 3, 2019 · The facts of the story, chronicled in a book by Osha Gray Davidson, are eye-opening and inspiring, and the film, written and directed by Robin Bissell, includes some fascinating details about the ...
Mar 29, 2019 · Robin Bissell is the writer, director and producer of “The Best of Enemies” film and appeared at the Durham premiere of the movie at the Carolina Theatre March 19, 2019.
