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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Megalopolis
2024
Thanks
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
2023
as Self
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
2022
Screenstory
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
2018
Thanks
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
2017
Screenplay
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
2017
Screenplay
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
2015
Writer
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
2015
Writer
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
2013
Writer
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
2013
Screenplay
A popular magician seeks help from a psychiatrist to protect him from a witch that has haunted him since childhood.

7 Khoon Maaf
2011
Screenplay
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
2010
Screenplay
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
2009
Screenplay
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
2007
as Self
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
2007
Story
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
2007
Thanks
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
2004
Thanks
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
2004
as Self
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
The Making of feature for the George Lucas movie 'THX 1138'.

Mimic 2
2003
Characters
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
1997
Screenplay, Screenstory
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
1991
Director
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
1989
Director
A single mother struggles to raise two teenage daughters in a small town in America.

*batteries not included
1987
Screenplay, Director
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
1985
Writer, Executive Producer
An accident occurs in an ultra-secret government biological weapons laboratory spreading a sinister bacteria.

The Legend of Billie Jean
1985
Director
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
1981
Screenplay, Director
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
1978
Director, Writer
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
1977
as Returnee #3 Flt. 19
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is abou...

MacArthur
1977
Writer
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
1976
Screenplay
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
1974
Screenplay, Story
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'
1971
as Self
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
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.