Biscuit Filmworks has signed director Ruairi Robinson for commercial representation. He was previously handled by RSA and continues to be repped by Spy Films in Canada, Henry De Czar in France and Russell Curran in his native Ireland.
Robinson’s Fifty Percent Grey earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short Film in 2002. He is also well known for the viral short, The Leviathan, and has built a reputation for his effects-savvy films.
Robinson began his career as a visual effects artist, later putting his skills to good use on his original shorts including not only Fifty Percent Grey but also Blinky and The Silent City. In 2006 he earned inclusion into SHOOT’s New Directors Showcase.
In 2013, Robinson made his feature debut at the Cannes Film Festival with The Last Days On Mars, a sci-fi thriller starring Liev Schreiber. In March 2015, Robinson’s proof-of-concept trailer The Leviathan quickly went viral, garnering over one million YouTube views and earning distinction as a Vimeo Staff Pick. The Leviathan, a futuristic retelling of “Moby Dick,” is currently in development as a feature at Twentieth Century Fox with Neill Blomkamp and Simon Kinberg producing. In addition to his film work, Robinson has directed visually striking commercials for such clients as Cadillac, Kia and The Observer.
“My job, my hobby, and my very occasional days off all involve telling stories and imaging new worlds,” commented Robinson. “I’m really excited to be joining the talented roster of directors at Biscuit, and look forward to creating some new worlds, and occasionally blowing them up.”
Robinson joins a Biscuit directorial lineup that includes company co-founder Noam Murro, Andreas Nilsson, Aaron Ruell, Aaron Stoller, Bruce St. Clair, Christopher Riggert, Clay Weiner, Jeff Low, Matt Dilmore, Steve Rogers, The Freise Brothers, and The Glue Society (Gary Freedman and Matt Devine).
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More