Chris Robinson

Chris Robinson is a film director working mostly with music videos and commercials He has directed commercials for brands such as iPod Coca Cola and Verizon and music videos for songs like Fallin and You Dont Know My Name by Alicia Keys Roc Boys by JayZ the grammy nominated video for One Mic by Nas and Bonnie Clyde 03 by JayZ featuring Beyoncé Knowles He is also known for the creation of the concept Boost Mobile ad campaigns featuring rap superstars such as Kanye West Ludacris The Game Eve and others Kevin Harts scripted comedy Real Husbands of Hollywood was Chris Robinsons first foray into directing a 30 minute comedy for television The show went for 5 seasons and garnered a true cult following Chris directed BETs highestrated program in network history The New Edition Story which received a NAACP Image Award The project also launched the career of Stranger Things actor Caleb McLaughlin Robinson directed Barack Obamas White House concert Love Happiness followed by the Amazon Prime pilot The Climb and became coexecutive producer of the FoxLee Daniels one hour drama STAR Robinson has produced and directed several episodes of television including Blackish Grownish Mixedish and American Soul In 2018 Robinson directed the Netflix coming of age film Beats starring Anthony Anderson Uzo Aduba and newcomer Khalil Everage The film examines mental health and the effects of trauma experienced by a musical prodigy living on the Southside of Chicago Imagine Entertainment and Hulu tapped Robinson to coproduce and direct the pilot episode of Wu Tang An American Saga The show has been picked up for a second season In the multicam world Robinson directed comedy specials for Tiffany Haddish From the Hood to Hollywood as well as Yvonne Orjis first HBO comedy special title Momma I Made It Chris recently Dave Chappelles The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor which was nominated for an Emmy Lebron James SpringHill Entertainment and Universal Pictures has partnered with Chris Robinson to producedirect the coming of age story of Lebron James high school years called Shooting Stars Robinsons Robot Film Company is currently developing several projects including a scripted series that examines the unscrupulous world of music video in the late 90s and early 2000s