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Robin Uriel Russin is a screenwriter and Associate Professor of Screenwriting at the University of California, Riverside.

He co-wrote with Ed Horowitz the action-thriller, "On Deadly Ground," starring Steven Seagal, and co-produced a number of independent projects. He was Senior Producer on the ABC primetime reality-based series, "Vital Signs," and worked for several years as a field producer for "America's Most Wanted" and "The Prosecutors." Russin also has written numerous short and long-form stage plays, which have been produced in California and New York. He and co-author William Missouri Downs have written two books on the craft of writing, "Screenplay: Writing The Picture" and "Naked Playwriting."

Russin received his BA from Harvard University in Fine Arts, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a departmental Summa. As a Rhodes Scholar, he studied English Literature at Oxford University's Corpus Christi College and graduated with First Class Honors. He has Master of Fine Arts degrees in Sculpture from Rhode Island School of Design and in Screenwriting from UCLA.

Russin is the son of sculptor Robert I. Russin and Adele M. Russin. He is married to Sarah M. Russin and has two children. His two brothers are journalist Joseph M. Russin and radiologist Lincoln D. Russin.