ROBIN  SHARP

Robin Sharp is a writer / director who was born and raised in downtown Toronto, Canada. He wrote and directed his first short film, an adaptation of one of his plays, when he was twelve. Studying drama at Etobicoke School of the Arts, at sixteen he wrote and co-directed a 45-minute comedy called ‘Coming Attractions’. A critical success, it was accepted into the University of Toronto Film Festival, despite being a high school production. His next project was a documentary about Toronto's oldest surviving movie palace. Co-directed with Peter Kuplowsky, ‘The Bloor’ premiered at the cinemas' 100th anniversary celebration. It won ‘Best Documentary’ at the U of T Film Festival and runner-up in the same category at YoungCuts in Montreal. Robin directed the first ever shadow-cast of the film ‘Blue Velvet’ recently for the 2009 Toronto Fringe Festival; Eye Weekly gave it a four star review. He’s currently in post-production of his debut feature film as a writer / director. He also authors an arts column called ‘The Toronto Portraits’ for blogTO.