Robert Shallcross

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Robert Shallcross is an American film director [1] and screenwriter and advertising writer. He worked for many years in the advertising business in Chicago. He crossed into feature-length films as a writer for the family comedy Little Giants (1994). He followed this up with Bored Silly (2000), and the family film Uncle Nino (2003). [2]

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References

  1. Ebert, Roger (2005-02-10). "Uncle Nino". Chicago Sun-Times .
  2. Martel, Ned (February 11, 2005). "My Big, Fat Italian Uncle". The New York Times .