Ruairí Robinson

Ruairí Robinson is an Irish film director and writer.

Biography

He is known mainly for his science-fiction short films and animations, one of which was nominated for an Academy Award.^[1] Fifty Percent Grey was also included in the Animation Show of Shows. The Silent City concerns a group of soldiers wandering through a perilous post-apocalyptic wasteland; the cast includes actor Cillian Murphy.^[2] BlinkyTM, his most recent short film, is a horror story about a robot family helper that goes wrong.^[3] BlinkyTM was released on March 20, 2011, and will possibly spawn a sequel entitled BlinkyTM: Part II.

He signed on to direct a live action adaptation of Akira, but the project was cancelled after Robinson departed.^[4] In 2013, Robinson directed The Last Days on Mars, the adaptation of the science-fiction short story '"The Animators" by Sydney J. Bounds.^[5] In early 2015 he directed the Short film The Leviathan,^[6] which became a viral hit, spawning production of a full length version.^[7]

Filmography

Actor

• BlinkyTM as Blinky (voice) (2011, short)

Director

• The House on Dame Street (1999, short, also producer and writer)
• Fifty Percent Grey (2001, short, also writer)
• The Silent City (2006, short, also producer and writer)
• BlinkyTM (2011, short, also writer)
• The Last Days on Mars (2013)
• Imaginary Forces (2014, short, also writer, post-production)
• The Leviathan (2015, concept teaser, written by Jim Uhls)

Producer

• Uncle Bill's Barrel (2008, short, executive producer)

Writer

• The German (2008, short also executive producer)

References

External links

• Official website
• Ruairí Robinson at the Internet Movie Database