BAFTA presents: Bruce Robinson in Conversation
Join BAFTA-winning screenwriter, director, novelist and actor Bruce Robinson for a very special masterclass about his amazing career spanning four decades. Best known as the writer and director of the cult classic Withnail & I (1987), the legendary portrayal of two dishevelled, out-of- work actors who quit their squalid Camden digs for a disastrous outing to the country. The film launched the careers of Richard E Grant and Paul McGann. Robinson’s first screenwriting credit, the powerful, award-winning drama about Pol Pot’s brutal regime in Cambodia The Killing Fields, won him a BAFTA and Oscar nomination in 1985. Recently coaxed out of retirement by none less than Johnny Depp, he has written and directed The Rum Diary, based on the novel by cult author and Gonzo journalist, Hunter S. Thompson.
In conversation with broadcaster and novelist Francine Stock, Bruce Robinson will take an unflinching look back over his unique career which began in London in the 1960s, talk about moving between the crafts, his most famous collaborations and the film industry.
1 hour 15 minutes, Tickets: £7
This event forms part of BAFTA’s UK-wide learning and events programme, giving audiences across the country access behind the screens of the film, TV and video games industries. For more information visit www.bafta.org
Bruce Robinson also has a role in Ken Russell's The Music Lovers on Friday 9 March
Images
Bruce Robinson © David Black 2011
Francine Stock © Charles Hopkinson
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