User:NAS26/Angela Robinson (filmmaker)

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

{Add on} Identifying as a Black Lesbian, many of Robinson's films have explored queer sexuality and representation.

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"Robinson frequently deals with gay and lesbian topics in her films."

{Add on} Angela Robinson's first screen work was a black and white film titled "Chickulal Teenage Vampire" about a queer vampire. The film was shown at LGBTQ film festivals in 1995.

D.E.B.S

''Robinson frequently deals with gay and lesbian topics in her films. She directed the short film D.E.B.S. (2003), produced by POWER UP, and directed a feature-length adaptation of D.E.B.S. (2004).''

{Add on} D.E.B.S is a lesbian romantic comedy about a "spy-in training Amy Branshaw and a supervillian Lucy Diamond. Amy is assigned to go after Lucy however Amy starts to develop feelings for her. D.E.B.S has made a big impact in queer cinema. Senior entertainment writer named Adam Vary described D.E.B.S as "the gay spy movie" in his article "The New New Queer Cinema". . Writer Katrin Horn remarked that D.E.B.S is a groundbreaking movie as the film works to desexualize femme identity previously centered in lesbian chic cinema. Robinson's use of narrative and stylistic techniques in D.E.B.S offered a new lenses into lesbian representations and the structure of heteronormative romantic comedies. D.E.B.S, Robinson's short film 2003, has won four awards which includes the Bearfest-Big Bear Lake International Film Festival Jury Award for Best Short Film, the PlanetOut Short Movie Awards Grand Prize, the Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Jury Prize for Best Lesbian Short Film and New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Award for Best Short.

Stranger in Paradise

In 2017, Robinson worked with cartoonist Terry Moore on a graphic novel adaptation of "Strangers in Paradise" for a feature film.

Girltrash!

"Robinson wrote the screenplay for a musical feature film and prequel to her Girltrash! series, Girltrash: All Night Long directed by Alexandra Kondracke."

{Add on} Girltrash! came out in 2014. The film is a lesbian musical drama about two rock and roll musicians named Daisy and Tyler during a night out in the LGBTQ+ subculture of Los Angeles. The film won the audience award in the 2015 Paris International Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival.

The L Word

In 2004, Robinson wrote, produced and directed episodes from the show The L Word. The show is about the lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual friends in Los Angeles.Samuel A. Chambers argues that the "L Word" importance is that the show brought a lot of visibility to a range of lesbian and bisexual identities in its character plot lines. Also, many of the guest casts on the show were queer actresses in Hollywood like Jane Lynch and Sandra Bernhard.

In 2006, the show won the 17th annual GLAAD Media award. The award recognizes and honors inclusive representations of LGBTQ+ people and issues that impact them.

True Blood

"Robinson has served as a writer and co-executive producer for the HBO television series Hung, and as a writer for the series True Blood."

{Add on} True Blood is an American fantasy horror drama television series about Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress, who lives in a rural town in Louisiana. The waitress falls in love with Bill Compton, a vampire, and the two must navigate the challenges that come with their relationship. The fictional show also focuses on vampires' struggle for rights and assimilation in society.

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

Robinson wrote and directed the film Professor Marston and the Wonder Women that was released in 2017. The film focuses on William Moulton Marston, an Harvard educated psychologist who created Wonder Woman in the 1940's. Marston's received help from his wife Elizabeth and Olive Byrne, a research assistant, in his creation of the super heroine. The movie also includes the polyamorous relationship Marston, Elizabeth and Olive were in and how that effected their careers and lives.

"More recently, Robinson signed an overall deal with Warner Bros."

{Add on} In 2021, Robinson signed a deal with Warner Bros. Television Group to create scripted television programs for Warner Bros platforms including HBOMax, basic and premium cable channels and broadcast networks.

Robinson is currently working as writer and executive producer with HBOMax to develop a series based on Madame X, a DC Comics characters also known as Madame Xanadu. Madame X is a clairvoyant who uses tarot cards to tell the future and is immortal due to her deal with Death. The series will be produced by Bad Robot in association with Warner Bros. Television.

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"Her partner is television writer and director Alexandra "Alex" Martinez Kondracke, the daughter of Morton Kondracke, who she met while they were both studying at New York University. In 2009, Kondracke gave birth to their first child, Diego."

{Add on} Alexandria Martinez Kondracke is an activist and filmmaker.