Chris Robinson (writer) explained

Chris Robinson
Birth Place: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).

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]

Bibliography

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Amid. Chris Robinson Talks about the Ottawa Animation Festival. 13 February 2012. Cartoon Brew. 11 October 2010. Interview. https://web.archive.org/web/20110812213558/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/interviews/chris-robinson-talks-about-the-ottawa-animation-festival.html. 12 August 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  2. News: Milligan. Mercedes. Meet Mr. Robinson. 13 February 2012. Animation Magazine. 6 February 2012. Interview.
  3. Web site: Ron MacLean's five novels that could change our nation canadareads with Jian Ghomeshi CBC Radio . www.cbc.ca . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131024060144/http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/2013/10/ron-mcleans-five-novels-that-could-change-our-nation.html . 2013-10-24.
  4. https://www2.bfi.org.uk/people/chris-robinson BFI
  5. https://anibar.org/presentation/we-are-all-collages-tearing-through-the-history-of-collage-animation/ We Are All Collages - Tearing through the History of Collage Animation - Anibar
  6. https://books.telegraph.co.uk/Product/Chris-Robinson/Earmarked-for-Collision--A-Highly-Biased-Tour-of-Collage-Animation/28478619 Earmarked for Collision : A Highly Biased Tour of Collage Animation: Chris Robinson: Telegraph bookshop
  7. https://books.telegraph.co.uk/Product/Chris-Robinson/Cheer-and-Loathing--Scattered-Ramblings-on-Indie-Animation/29273118 Cheer and Loathing : Scattered Ramblings on Indie Animation: Chris Robinson: Telegraph bookshop

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