Matt Robinson

Matt Robinson grew up in the small town of Voorheesville, NY just outside the City of Albany. His parents are Dennis Robinson, a high school health teacher, and Roselyn Robinson, a real estate attorney. He has a younger brother, Timothy Robinson. Matt's love for film started at an early age when his parents sat him down and watch "classic" movies with him on a weekly basis. His family made a habit of either renting movies or going to the theater on weekends. By the time he was in high school Matt had moved beyond watching films and wanted to try his hand at making them. He purchased a small Sony Handycam and would make short video's every chance he got. As Matt's life progressed so did his interest in film. While attending SUNY Cortland he wrote film reviews for the college paper, The Dragon Chronicle, and after graduation he would write reviews for the Times Union, the Albany area paper. Later Matt invested in a more advanced camera and started to write and direct short films. He would often use local Albany talent and would soon discover that down the road from him lived another young aspiring filmmaker, Chris Faulisi. Chris acted as the Director of Photography during two of Matt's short films and the two instantly connected. Together Matt and Chris decided that it was time to take the next step and make a feature film. After writing the original screenplay for the film A Proper Violence (2011), Chris and Matt would go on to produce and direct the movie themselves. The movie was successfully completed and after rave reviews at test screenings they decided to bring A Proper Violence (2011) to Cannes in the Marche du Film. While at Cannes the Chicago Sun-Times would call the film "an emotional roller coaster."