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These Stars Are on the Rise

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New and Upcoming Sci-Fi and Fantasy

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New Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-Offs

John Robinson made his acting debut in the Palm d'Or winning film Elephant 2003 directed by Gus van Sant, following this film Stacy Peralta personally selected John to play himself in Lords Of Dogtown 2005 directed by Catherine Hardwicke. John has acted in 40 plus films to include Asia Argento's The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things 2004, Seraphim Falls 2006 starring opposite Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson, Michael Bay's Transformers 2007, Wendy and Lucy 08' starring opposite Michelle Williams, John most recent work includes: BIG SUR 2013 directed by Michael Polish and starring opposite Kate Bosworth, Josh Lucas, Rhada Mitchell and Jean mar Barr which premiered at Sundance, Looking 2014 pilot for HBO starring opposite Jonathan Groff dped by Reed Morano, She's Funny That Way 2014 written and directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring opposite Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston and Imogen Poots. John is also attached to Larry moss' directorial debut Relative Insanity starring opposite Helen Hunt, David Duchovny, Maggie Grace and Joan Chen.

In 2015 John moved to Europe where he began working with refugees in Calais France as a volunteer. He then went on to DP and co wrote and directed the short film Terre Ferme as an experiment in writing and collaborating with Refugee non actors and filmmakers in France and Germany and started a production company out of Berlin to regain his thirst for storytelling and collaborate with like minded filmmakers.

John is currently producing and in development with five TV shows and three features and is also adapting the comic book The Red Monkey by Joe Daily with his friend collaborator and director Sebastien Auger that he will star in. His latest film The AmityVille Murders 2018 he stars as Butch Defeo.

John Robinson at an event for Big Sur (2013)

He had to be pulled out of high school to act in Lords of Dogtown.

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