Matthew Robbins

Matthew Robbins

1945-07-15 New York City, New York, USA 34 Credits

Biography

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 Hal Barwood. He wrote the screenplay for the Bollywood thriller 7 Khoon Maaf, along with Vishal Bhardwaj.

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Megalopolis

Megalopolis

2024

Thanks

5.2

Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remain...

A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened

A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened

2023

as Self

6.0
Acting

In 1978, CBS aired the “Star Wars Holiday Special” the week before Thanksgiving to an audience of 13 million people. Considered one of the worst shows...

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

2022

Screenstory

8.1
Writing

During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.

Incredibles 2

Incredibles 2

2018

Thanks

7.5

Elastigirl springs into action to save the day, while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of the problems of his three child...

Madame

Madame

2017

Screenplay

5.9
Writing

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...

Rangoon

Rangoon

2017

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

Julia travels to the Indo-Burma border to perform for the troops during the World War II, on the insistence of Billimoria, her lover. She finds hersel...

Chatô, The King of Brazil

Chatô, The King of Brazil

2015

Writer

5.1
Writing

The true story of Assis Chateaubriand, the first magnate of communications in Brazil. Due to his influence during the late 1930s up to the early 1960s...

Crimson Peak

Crimson Peak

2015

Writer

6.7
Writing

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. Tr...

Vijay and I

Vijay and I

2013

Writer

5.0
Writing

Wilhelm Wilder (Will) is a talented actor stuck on a New York City children's TV show where he portrays Bad Luck Bunny, a hapless green rabbit. Feelin...

Ek Thi Daayan

Ek Thi Daayan

2013

Screenplay

5.1
Writing

A popular magician seeks help from a psychiatrist to protect him from a witch that has haunted him since childhood.

7 Khoon Maaf

7 Khoon Maaf

2011

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

Susanna is hungry for love and will go to any extent to find it in its purest form. In her quest for the perfect man, she gets married a number of tim...

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

2010

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

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.

The Concert

The Concert

2009

Screenplay

7.2
Writing

A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhne...

Fog City Mavericks

Fog City Mavericks

2007

as Self

8.5
Acting

Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco is a compelling exploration of the legendary filmmakers who call the San Francisco Bay Area home i...

Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers

2007

Story

Writing

This is a movie about how one small mistake can change your fate, the fate of people close to you, the fate of your unborn child.

Ratatouille

Ratatouille

2007

Thanks

7.8

Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culin...

The Incredibles

The Incredibles

2004

Thanks

7.7

Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbi...

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

2004

as Self

7.5
Acting

A fascinating chronicle of the birth and rise of the radically different independent studio founded by director Francis Ford Coppola.

Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'

2004

as Self

6.8
Acting

The Making of feature for the George Lucas movie 'THX 1138'.

Mimic 2

Mimic 2

2003

Characters

5.3

Detective Klaski investigates the death and mutilation of three men and soon crosses paths with Remy, an entomologist. Soon, he discovers that she is ...

Mimic

Mimic

1997

Screenplay, Screenstory

6.1
Writing

A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutan...

Bingo

Bingo

1991

Director

5.0
Directing

Bingo, the runaway circus dog, is off the leash and saving Chuckie's life! Bingo and the boy become the best of friends in this canine comedy featurin...

Mothers, Daughters and Lovers

Mothers, Daughters and Lovers

1989

Director

Directing

A single mother struggles to raise two teenage daughters in a small town in America.

*batteries not included

*batteries not included

1987

Screenplay, Director

6.7
Writing Directing

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...

Warning Sign

Warning Sign

1985

Writer, Executive Producer

6.0
Writing Producing

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

The Legend of Billie Jean

The Legend of Billie Jean

1985

Director

6.5
Directing

Average Texas teen, Billie Jean Davy, is caught up in an odd fight for justice. She is usually followed and harrased around by local boys, who, one da...

Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer

1981

Screenplay, Director

6.5
Writing Directing

A sorcerer and his apprentice are on a mission to kill an evil dragon to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed according to a pact that the K...

Corvette Summer

Corvette Summer

1978

Director, Writer

5.5
Directing Writing

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 searc...

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

as Returnee #3 Flt. 19

7.3
Acting

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is abou...

MacArthur

MacArthur

1977

Writer

6.3
Writing

The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by ...

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

1976

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he forms his own lineup, recruiting big-hitting Leon Car...

The Sugarland Express

The Sugarland Express

1974

Screenplay, Story

6.6
Writing

Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Je...

Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'

Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'

1971

as Self

6.2
Acting

The film features a conversation between Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, producer of THX 1138. They discuss Lucas' vision for the film, including his ...

Ray Gunn

N/A

Screenplay

Writing

In a futuristic world co-habitated by aliens and humans, the last human private eye is hired to investigate the fidelity of a well-known pop star.