
Chris Robinson
Directing
Biography
Chris Robinson is a film director working mostly with music videos and commercials. He has directed commercials for brands such as iPod, Coca Cola and Verizon and music videos for songs like "Fallin'" and "You Don't Know My Name" by Alicia Keys, "Roc Boys" by Jay-Z, the grammy nominated video for "One Mic" by Nas, and "Bonnie & Clyde '03" by Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé Knowles. He is also known for the creation of the concept "Boost Mobile" ad campaigns featuring rap superstars such as Kanye West, Ludacris, The Game, Eve, and others. Kevin Hart's scripted comedy "Real Husbands of Hollywood" was Chris Robinson's' first foray into directing a 30 minute comedy for television. The show went for 5 seasons and garnered a true cult following. Chris directed BETs highest-rated program in network history "The New Edition Story" which received a NAACP Image Award. The project also launched the career of Stranger Things actor Caleb McLaughlin. Robinson directed Barack Obama's White House concert "Love & Happiness" followed by the Amazon Prime pilot "The Climb", and became co-executive producer of the Fox/Lee Daniels one hour drama "STAR". Robinson has produced and directed several episodes of television including Black-ish, Grown-ish, Mixed-ish, and American Soul. In 2018 Robinson directed the Netflix coming of age film "Beats" starring Anthony Anderson, Uzo Aduba and newcomer Khalil Everage. The film examines mental health and the effects of trauma experienced by a musical prodigy living on the Southside of Chicago. Imagine Entertainment and Hulu tapped Robinson to co-produce and direct the pilot episode of Wu Tang: An American Saga. The show has been picked up for a second season. In the multi-cam world, Robinson directed comedy specials for Tiffany Haddish "From the Hood to Hollywood" as well as Yvonne Orji's first HBO comedy special title "Momma I Made It." Chris recently Dave Chappelle's "The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor," which was nominated for an Emmy. Lebron James SpringHill Entertainment and Universal Pictures has partnered with Chris Robinson to produce/direct the coming of age story of Lebron James high school years called "Shooting Stars". Robinsons Robot Film Company is currently developing several projects including a scripted series that examines the unscrupulous world of music video in the late 90's and early 2000's.
Known For

A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
black-ish

Zoey Johnson heads to college and begins her hilarious journey to adulthood but quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest.
grown-ish

Star is a tough-as-nails young woman who came up in the foster care system and decides one day to take control of her destiny. She tracks down her sister, Simone, and her Instagram bestie, Alexandra, and together, the trio journeys to Atlanta with the hope of becoming music superstars.
Star

In the early 1990s in New York, during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, a visionary musician named Bobby Diggs aka The RZA begins to form a super group of a dozen young, black men, who will eventually rise to become one of the unlikeliest success stories in American music history.
Wu-Tang: An American Saga

Rainbow Johnson recounts her experience growing up in a mixed-race family in the ‘80s and the constant dilemmas they had to face over whether to assimilate or stay true to themselves.
mixed-ish

Following a ridiculously awful flight that leads to his pet's death, Nashawn Wade files a lawsuit against the airline, and wins a multimillion-dollar settlement. Determined to create a better flying experience, Nashawn starts his own airline, one that caters to an African-American clientele. Going into business with a tricked-out plane piloted by the smooth Capt. Mack, the airline hits a snag when it has to deal with the family of Elvis Hunkee.
Soul Plane

Honoring the best in American comedy annually since 1998, the recipients of the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor have included the likes of Billy Crystal, George Carlin, Carol Burnett, Bob Newhart, Steve Martin, Ellen DeGeneres, Eddie Murphy, and Tina Fey.
Mark Twain Prize

Follow the story of R&B pioneers Michael Bivins, Ricky Bell, Ronnie Devoe, Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill as they navigate fame from their native Boston to Hollywood and beyond.
The New Edition Story

The inspiring origin story of a basketball superhero, revealing how LeBron James and his childhood friends become the #1 high school team in the country, launching James's breathtaking career as a four-time NBA Champion, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and the NBA's all-time leading scorer.
Shooting Stars

As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
ATL

As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
ATL 2: The Homecoming

An office assistant in Detroit seeks an extraordinary life and internet fame, with her best friend always in tow.
The Climb

An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.
Beats

A White House concert and celebration in honor of the 8-year Presidency of Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama.
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration

R&B superstar Usher shows off his sexy and soulful style in this video release. Usher: Rhythm City, Vol. 1 -- Money, Power, Respect features a 30-minute short film which expands on Usher's video for the song "Caught Up," as well as a behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the movie.
Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up

Primetime special honoring the late civil rights leader John Lewis, featuring live musical performances and segments that examine his life, his work and the principles that guided him.
John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero

In the late 1990s, DJ Set Free, had the idea to set some streetball highlights to a soundtrack of emerging rap music. The results culminated in the And1 Mixtape, a series of VHS tapes that forever transformed the game of basketball.
The Greatest Mixtape Ever

Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson the movie takes viewers behind the scenes with Young Jeezy while he tours the world. The doc includes interviews with Jay-Z, DJ Drama, DJ Khaled, P. Diddy and other artists. But more telling are the conversations with his father, who was a Marine, and his mother a former drug addict who he found high in a crack house on one occasion. Their eventual divorce would have a heavy impact on Jeezy as as child. Watch the video below to get another side of the trap star.
Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition

In her first stand-up special filmed at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, Los Angeles native and rising star Tiffany Haddish tackles subjects ranging from her early days in foster care and being bullied on the playground to getting revenge on ex-boyfriends and introducing Will and Jada Pinkett Smith to Groupon.
Tiffany Haddish: She Ready! From the Hood to Hollywood!
Actor, writer and comic Dave Chappelle loads up a bus with residents of his Ohio hometown and takes them to Brooklyn, N.Y. Once again there, the travelers enjoy a concert featuring old school legendary artist and some new school artist . Rehearsal footage and Chappelle's brand of comedy enliven the proceedings.