David Robinson

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Forenames(s): David
Family name: Robinson
Work area/Craft/Role: Critic, Historian, Director
Industry: Film
Interview no: 334
Interview date(s): 15 August 1994
Interviewer(s): Stanley Forman, Manny Yospa
Production Media: audio
Duration (mins): 90

Parents of humble origin.Teacher and shop worker. School in Lincoln . Cambridge University Degree.National Serviceman.Film Society Cambridge 1952.PA to Basil Wright mid fifties on documentaries.To Film Institute Associate editor Sight & Sound . Writer Times column 1973. Wrote book on Chaplin.Discusses book in detail.Wrote books on pre History Cinema.

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