Robert Boris

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American screenwriter, film producer and director

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Life and career

During the 1970s and 1980s Robert Boris wrote or co-wrote various original or adapted screenplays and dialogues, either for TV or feature films, including Birds of Prey, Electra Glide in Blue (whose script was noted for its fatalism) and Some Kind of Hero, directed by Michael Pressman. He also wrote the screenplay for Dr Detroit, his second collaboration with Pressman. Boris's work on the film is described as follows:

In 1983 Boris wrote the screenplay of the 4-part serialised film Blood Feud, focusing on the power struggle between Robert F. Kennedy and James R. Hoffa. The next year, he wrote and directed Oxford Blues. Regarding the film, Boris's debut as director, Peter Bart recalls:

He is also the director of Steele Justice, Buy & Cell, Frank and Jesse, and Backyard Dogs.

Drafts or abandoned screenplays by Boris include the first draft for Air Force One, that producers wanted to submit to Ridley Scott.

Awards

Boris won the WGA Award for Original/Adapted Multi-Part Long Form Series for Blood Feud in 1984.

Filmography

As director only

As writer and director

As writer only

References

References

  1. Bozung, Justin. (2015-04-28). "TVStoreOnline Blog: INTERVIEW: Writer/Director Robert Boris Is Working On A Sequel To OXFORD BLUES". Blog.tvstoreonline.com.
  2. (2014). "Robert Boris". [[The New York Times]].
  3. "AFI{{!}}Catalog".
  4. Cabin, Chris. (2013-06-12). "Review: James William Guercio's Electra Glide in Blue on Shout! Blu-ray".
  5. Semlyen, Nick de. (2019-06-06). "Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever". Pan Macmillan.
  6. Central Intelligence Agency. (1983-05-11). "KENNEDY & HOFFA: PROFILES IN CONFLICT REVIVING OLD FEARS".
  7. Gelder, Lawrence Van. (1984-08-25). "FILM: 'OXFORD BLUES' OPENS". The New York Times.
  8. Peter Bart. (1990). "Fade out". Morrow.
  9. Maslin, Janet. (1987-05-08). "FILM: MARTIN KOVE IN 'STEELE JUSTICE'". The New York Times.
  10. impact magazine. (2024-07-30). "Impact 067".
  11. "Robert Boris".
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  13. Avallone, Susan. (1996). "Film writers guide". Los Angeles : Lone Eagle.
  14. (1995). "Encyclopedia of Exhibition". The Association.
  15. [http://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/04/06/Writers-Honor-Four-Oscar-Contenders/4033450075600/ "Writers Honor Four Oscar Contenders"] UPI. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  16. THC. "High Times Magazine, 1980s".
  17. Walker, Mark. (1991). "Vietnam veteran films". Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press.
  18. National Stereoscopic Association. (2007). "Stereo World Vol. 33 No. 2 September/October 2007".
  19. "Some Kind of Hero".
  20. "AFI{{!}}Catalog".
  21. Williams, John A.. (2006). "If I stop I'll die : the comedy and tragedy of Richard Pryor". New York : Thunder's Mouth Press : Distributd by Publishers Group West.
  22. Sacks, Frank. (1993). "Extreme justice : the true story of the L.A.P.D.'s special investigation section (S.I.S.)". New York : S.P.I. Books.

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