Both directing and editing often bring cause to write and/or rewrite, be it treatments, scripts or voice over. Robbie also writes drama scripts. Here are a few recent short, feature and TV projects.
Control - Spec. TV Series 8x1hr
In an authoritarian Britain, a fragile underground resistance battles the corrupt state for control of a political captive, seen as a saviour, perceived as a terrorist, whose extraordinary gift has the power to bring down the Government. Children of Men meets Watchmen.
Control is a TV series in development. The pilot episode has garnered 8 finalist accolades at screen writing festivals including PAGE, ScreenCraft & Launch Pad. The treatment for the eight-part series has been developed, with each episode outlined. The first five episodes exist as early drafts.
The Control Pitch deck is available.
The Meal - Short
Tom's wife Sue has advanced cancer and needs his care, her energy is declining and their relationship has become strained; it seems the more Tom tries, the less Sue eats. Then a memory of a distant anniversary trip to Paris leads Tom to a last-ditch grandiose gesture.
Starring Simon Chandler and Sian Thomas
Commissioned by the University of Sussex and backed by the Roy Castle Lung Cancer foundation, this short film will be part of a larger project “Changes” that aims to support patients and carers as they navigate the often surprising dietary changes cancer patients can experience.
Currently in post-production May 2024
Horizon - Spec. Feature
A discredited archaeologist, who proposed a link between ancient cultures and extra-terrestrial beings, must delve into her own past when unidentified aerial phenomena appear worldwide, on a mass scale. Contact meets Raiders of the lost ark.
Feature film currently in development.
The Vanishing Man - Short
In a City consumed by civil war, a Black Ops Soldier turns rogue, and takes a political prisoner hostage, in an attempt to uncover the truth about the vanishing man.
Accepted at Cannes SFC, USA Film Festival, Phoenix Comicon FF, and FilmShortage, The Vanishing Man is the first glimpse into the expanded world of the spec TV series Control.