Robinson Devor
Robinson Devor is an American film director, screenwriter and editor. He is also a film professor at Cornish College of the Arts.
Devor has directed both documentaries as well as fiction films; his filmography includes narrative works such as The Woman Chaser and Police Beat, and his documentary work includes Zoo, and Pow Wow and ''Suburban Fury.''
Early life
Devor was raised in Westchester County in New York. After attaining his BFA in Film from SMU, Devor moved to Los Angeles, where he became a regular attendee at the New Beverly Cinema. He considered becoming a poet and applied to study under James Dickey at the University of South Carolina, but an unexpected job offer in Africa diverted him for a year. During that time he made enough money to edit the footage of his first documentary Angelyne.Career
''Angelyne'' (1995)
Devor's first short documentary Angelyne was a half-hour, black and white 16mm film co-directed by Michael Guccioni. Devor met Guccioni at a weekly avant-garde film night in Los Angeles, where the two chose to work on a collaborative project as co-directors. Angelyne captured a day in the life of the self-made LA billboard queen, Angelyne. The film premiered at the New York Underground Film Festival, where The Village Voice called it “a visual knockout”.''[The Woman Chaser]'' (1999)
Devor's first feature film, The Woman Chaser, debuted at the 1999 New York Film Festival and then at Sundance. Devor had acquired the rights to the 1960 Charles Willeford novel and adapted the book into a screenplay. The story centers around a used car salesman who decides to become a film director. The film received critical high marks throughout its U.S. theatrical run and became a cult classic.The Woman Chaser was released on VHS in Stereo in its black-and-white version in 2000 by Tribe Enterprises/The GLOBAL Asylum.