Robison, Michael 1955–

(Michael E. Robison)

PERSONAL

Born August 29, 1955, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Addresses: Agent— Agency for the Performing Arts, 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Career: Director and editor.

Awards, Honors: Gemini Award nomination, best picture editing in a dramatic television program or series, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1996, for Avalanche; Gemini Award nomination, best direction in a dramatic television series, 2001, for "Revival," The Outer Limits; Leo Award, dramatic series—best direction, Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British Columbia, 2004, for "The Roboticist," The Collector; Leo Award nomination, dramatic series—best direction, 2005, for "The Tattoo Artist," The Collector.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Assistant director, Big Meat Eater, 1982.

Location assistant editor, Runaway, 1984.

Editor, Trust in Me, 1994.

Director, Deadly Sins, Future Film, 1996.

Television Work; Series:

Associate producer, Harts of the West, CBS, 1993.

Producer and coproducer, Poltergeist: The Legacy,
Showtime, Sci–Fi Channel, and syndicated, 1996.

Television Work; Miniseries:

Assistant editor, Small Sacrifices, ABC, 1989.

Television Editor; Movies:

Screwball Academy (also known as Divine Light and
Loose Ends), 1986.

Web of Deceit (also known as I Know My Son Is Alive),
NBC, 1994.

Avalanche, Fox and CTV, 1994.

Murder on the Iditarod Trail (also known as The Cold
Heart of a Killer), CBS, 1996.

Television Work; Pilots:

Editor, Microcops, CBS, 1989.

Also worked as director True Stories; editor, The Outer Limits; editor, Poltergeist: The Legacy.

Television Work; Specials:

Editor, Spoiled, HBO, 1991.

Television Director; Episodic:

The Hitchhiker (also known as Le voyageur and Deadly Nightmares), 1983.

"Chapel of Love," 21 Jump Street, Fox, 1988.

"One Black Dog," Danger Bay, CBC and The Disney Channel, 1989.

"Gold and Lead," Bordertown (also known as Les deux font la loi), Global and Family Channel, 1989.

Mom P.I., CBC, 1990.

"Guardian Angel," Neon Rider, syndicated, 1990.

Sweating Bullets (also known as Tropical Heat), CBS, 1991.

Northwood, CBC, 1991.

KidZone (also known as Kerrisdale High), 1992.

"Man with the Midas Touch," Sweating Bullets (also known as Tropical Heat), 1993.

True Stories, Fox, 1993.

"High Code," ReBoot, YTV, 1995.

"Revival," The Outer Limits, Showtime, Sci–Fi Channel, and syndicated, 1995.

"Do Not Go Gently," Poltergeist: The Legacy, Showtime, Sci–Fi Channel, and syndicated, 1996.

Fast Track, 1997.

"Diamonds Aren't Forever," The Net, USA Network, 1998.

"The Book of Shadows," First Wave, Sci–Fi Channel, 1998.

"Darkness Falls: Parts 1 & 2," Poltergeist: The Legacy, Showtime, Sci–Fi Channel, and syndicated, c. 1998.

"The Purge," First Wave, Sci–Fi Channel, 1999.

"Playland," First Wave, Sci–Fi Channel, 1999.

"Rubicon," First Wave, Sci–Fi Channel, 2000.

"Comes a Horseman," First Wave, Sci–Fi Channel, 2000.

"The Plan," First Wave, Sci–Fi Channel, 2000.

"Shadowland," First Wave, Sci–Fi Channel, 2000.

"The Vessel," First Wave, Sci–Fi Channel, 2000.

"The Forge of Creation," Earth: Final Conflict (also known as EFC, Gene Roddenberry's Battleground Earth, Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict, and Mission Erde: sie sind unter uns), syndicated, 2000.

"Sanctuary," Earth: Final Conflict (also known as EFC, Gene Roddenberry's "Battleground Earth," Gene Roddenberry's "Earth: Final Conflict," and Mission Erde: sie sind unter uns), syndicated, 2000.

"Apparition," Earth: Final Conflict (also known as EFC, Gene Roddenberry's "Battleground Earth," Gene Roddenberry's "Earth: Final Conflict," and Mission Erde: sie sind unter uns), syndicated, 2000.

"Hope Falls," Higher Ground, Family Channel, 2000.

"Falling Up," Higher Ground, Family Channel, 2000.

"Camp Sanopi," Mysterious Ways, PAX, 2000.

"Point of No Return," Earth: Final Conflict (also known as EFC, Gene Roddenberry's "Battleground Earth," Gene Roddenberry's "Earth: Final Conflict," and Mission Erde: sie sind unter uns), syndicated, 2001.

"Checkmate," First Wave, Sci–Fi Channel, 2001.

"Yesterday," Mysterious Ways, PAX, 2001.

"Phoenix," Mysterious Ways, PAX, 2001.

"One of Us," Mysterious Ways, PAX, 2001.

"Condemned," Mysterious Ways, PAX, 2001.

"Roswell" (also known as "Area 51"), Tracker, syndicated, 2001.

"It Makes a Lovely Light," Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda"), syndicated, 2001.

"Home Fires," Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda"), syndicated, 2001.

The Dead Zone (also known as Stephen King's "The Dead Zone"), 2002–2007.

"The Touch," Jeremiah, Showtime, 2002.

"The Bag," Jeremiah, Showtime, 2002.

"MUTI," Mysterious Ways, PAX, 2002.

"Face in Crowd," Mysterious Ways, PAX, 2002.

"The Dark Backward," Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda"), syndicated, 2002.

"The Risk–All Point," Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda"), syndicated, 2002.

"The Perfect Crime," Peacemakers, USA Network, 2003.

The Collector, City TV, 2004.

"Grief," Touching Evil, USA Network, 2004.

(As Michael E. Robison) "Domestic Bliss," 1–800–MISSING (also known as Missing and Porte disparu), Lifetime, 2004.

"Hitman," Kojak, USA Network, 2005.

"Escape and Evade," E–Ring, NBC, 2005.

Surface, NBC, 2006.

"Death Goes On," Blade: The Series, Spike TV, 2006.

"The Evil Within," Blade: The Series, Spike TV, 2006.

"Eyes on the Prize," Angela's Eyes, Lifetime, 2006.

Kyle XY, ABC Family, 2006–2008.

"Before I Forget," Eureka (also known as A Town Called Eureka), Sci–Fi Channel, 2006.

"Maneater," Eureka (also known as A Town Called Eureka), Sci–Fi Channel, 2007.

"Birds of a Feather," The Dresden Files, Sci–Fi Channel, 2007.

"Toy Soldiers," Painkiller Jane, Sci–Fi Channel, 2007.

"Piece of Mind," Painkiller Jane, Sci–Fi Channel, 2007.

"Something Nasty in the Neighborhood," Painkiller Jane, Sci–Fi Channel, 2007.

"The Healer," Painkiller Jane, Sci–Fi Channel, 2007.

"Thanks for the Memories," Painkiller Jane, Sci–Fi Channel, 2007.

"Unseen," Reaper, The CW, 2008.

Also directed "The Choice," "Double Cross," "FindingRichter," "The Gift," "Internal Affairs," "The MephistoStrain," "Reckoning," "The Sacrifice," "The Traitor," and "Unholy Congress," all episodes of Poltergeist: TheLegacy, Showtime, Sci–Fi Channel, and syndicated;Madison.

Television Editor; Episodic:

21 Jump Street, Fox, 1987.

Mom P.I., CBC, 1990.

"Easel Kill Ya," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's Tales from the Crypt), HBO, 1991.

"Spoiled," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's Tales from the Crypt), HBO, 1991.

"Beauty Rest," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's Tales from the Crypt), HBO, 1992.

"Sandkings," The Outer Limits (also known as The New Outer Limits), Showtime and syndicated, 1995.

"Corner of the Eye," The Outer Limits (also known as The New Outer Limits), Showtime, 1995.

Poltergeist: The Legacy, Showtime, Sci–Fi Channel, and syndicated, 1996.