Angela Robinson

For actress, see Angela Robinson (actress).

Angela Robinson
Born	(1971-02-14) February 14, 1971 San Francisco, California, US
Alma mater	Brown University (B.A.) NYU (MFA)
Occupation	Film director, television director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1995–present
Partner(s)	Alexandra Kondracke
Children	Diego Robinson

Angela Robinson (born February 14, 1971) is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer.

Early life

Robinson was born in San Francisco, California and later grew up in Los Angeles. Robinson attended Brown University where she majored in theatre and later received an MFA from New York University.

Career

Robinson is a lesbian and frequently deals with gay and lesbian topics in her films. Robinson has directed an award winning short film D.E.B.S. (2003) produced by POWER UP and a feature-length film D.E.B.S. (2004). In the feature-length film, Robinson explores the young lesbian relationship of characters Amy and Lucy. In the undercover spy film, several of the teenage girls depicted are either lesbian or bisexual, and those sexual orientations are central to the film. Amy, played by actress Sara Foster, is the pride and joy of her all-female teenage spy school, because she is the first ever to achieve the perfect score in the secret spy test hidden in her SATs. Her sweet demeanor catches the attention of bad girl Lucy Diamond, played by Jordana Brewster, who sets her sights on seducing Amy while striving for world domination. Although some feared that producers would pressure Robinson into downplaying the lesbian aspects of the film, Robinson later indicated that she received full support, and that the lesbian relationship between Amy and Lucy remained intact. Robinson said "If anything, we worked together on the script to make the relationship more complex and intimate".

In 2007, Robinson created the online series Girltrash! which resides on www.ourchart.com, an online offshoot of the television series, The L Word. Robinson has served as a writer and co-executive producer for HBO television series Hung, and as a writer for the series True Blood. In addition to her film and TV work, Robinson also wrote the first four issues of the Web ongoing series at DC Comics. Robinson wrote the screenplay for a musical feature film and prequel to her Girltrash! series, Girltrash: All Night Long directed by Alexandra Kondracke. Robinson was also one of the producers for the film. In March 2012 it was announced that Robinson would write a supernatural teen thriller with Dawn Olmstead (Prison Break) and Marti Noxon (Mad Men) attached as producers.

She is not to be confused with Angela Terry Robinson, who is also a filmmaker and motion picture editor.

Personal life

Robinson's partner is television writer and director Alexandra "Alex" Martinez Kondracke, the daughter of Morton Kondracke, whom she met while they were both studying at NYU. In 2009, Kondracke gave birth to their first child, Diego. They live in Los Feliz, California.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Chickula: Teenage Vampire	Director/Writer	Short film
1999	Ice Fishing	Producer	Short film
2003	D.E.B.S. (short)	Director/Writer	Bearfest - Big Bear Lake International Film Festival Jury Award for Best Short Film New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Award for Best Short Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Jury Prize for Best Lesbian Short Film PlanetOut Short Movie Awards Grand Prize
2004–2009	The L Word	Director/Writer/Producer
2004	D.E.B.S.	Director/Writer/Editor	Nominated—2005 Black Movie Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Writing
2005	Herbie: Fully Loaded	Director
2006	Fabulous!: The Story of Queer Cinema	Herself
2009	Hung	Writer/Producer	Various episodes
2010	Gigantic	Director
2011–2012	Charlie's Angels	Director	"Runaway Angels" "Angels in Chains"
2012	Girltrash: All Night Long	Writer/Producer
2012	Untitled Supernatural Teen Project	Writer
2012	True Blood	Writer

Other work

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Girltrash!	Director/Writer/Exec. Producer	Web series

External links

• Angela Robinson at the Internet Movie Database
• UltimateDisney.com Interview - October 2005
• Article on AfterEllen
• Column by Angela Robinson on "Why We Don't Need the Man"
• Angela Robinson on Twitter