Chris Robinson (writer)

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Chris Robinson
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Ottawa, Canada
Alma mater Carleton University

Chris Robinson is an animation, film, literature and sports writer, author of numerous books on independent animation and artistic director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF). [1] He also wrote the screenplay for the Jutra Award and Genie Award-winning animated documentary Lipsett Diaries , directed by Theodore Ushev. In 2020, Robinson was awarded for his Outstanding Contribution to Animation Studies by Animafest Zagreb. In 2022, he received Le Prix René-Jodoin (for contributions to Canadian animation).

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OIAF

Robinson began his association with the OIAF in the early 1990s, while still a film student at Carleton University, coordinating festival submissions and selection committees. [2]

Essays and columns

From 2000 to 2016, Robinson wrote the "Animation Pimp" column for Animation World Magazine. Partially influenced by Nick Tosches, Richard Meltzer, gonzo journalism and Beat Generation writers, Pimp columns often fused philosophy, history, comedy, and memoir in discussing various facets of animation. A selection of columns were later compiled into a book illustrated by German artist and animator, Andreas Hykade. In 2016, Robinson renamed the column, Cheer and Loathing in Animation.

In 2014, Animation World Magazine debuted Robinson's Animation Pimpcast. In this monthly podcast, Robinson sits down with a variety of animation types to fondle their minds through informal chats about animation, life and whatever else they feel like discussing.

Books

Robinson's book Stole This From a Hockey Card: A Philosophy of Hockey, Doug Harvey, Identity & Booze (2005), which was a critical success and was shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Award. In 2013, TV hockey personality Ron Maclean listed Stole This From a Hockey Card as one of his choices of books that could change the nation stating that: [3]

Robinson draws parallels between his own troubled past and that of epic defenceman Doug Harvey... The result is a biography cum memoir that should find resonance with many Canadians... Robinson reaches a high level of sports biography... creating an exquisite patchwork of sports, personal narrative and manic alcoholism that is tragic in its normalcy.

— Janine Armin, The Globe and Mail

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References

  1. ↑ Amid (11 October 2010). "Chris Robinson Talks about the Ottawa Animation Festival". Cartoon Brew . Archived from the original (Interview) on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  2. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (6 February 2012). "Meet Mr. Robinson" (Interview). Animation Magazine . Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Ron MacLean's five novels that could change our nation | canadareads with Jian Ghomeshi | CBC Radio". www.cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-10-24.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 BFI
  5. 1 2 3 4 We Are All Collages - Tearing through the History of Collage Animation - Anibar
  6. ↑ Earmarked for Collision : A Highly Biased Tour of Collage Animation: Chris Robinson: Telegraph bookshop
  7. ↑ Cheer and Loathing : Scattered Ramblings on Indie Animation: Chris Robinson: Telegraph bookshop
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