Robert Houston
Robert Houston (born November 30, 1955 in California ; occasionally Bobby Houston ) is an American film actor , film director and documentary filmmaker .
Life
Robert Houston studied at Harvard . He had his first appearance as Bobby in the movie Hill of Bloody Eyes . He was allowed to play the role again in the sequel In Death Valley of the Wolves . In 1980 he made his directorial debut Shogun Assassin , a remake of Okami - Am Totenfluss (1972). Relatively undervalued at the time and indexed in Germany , the film found its way into hip-hop culture , where it was mainly used by the Wu-Tang Clan .
It was followed by the comedies gang of pigs! (1984) and Trust Me (1989) as well as the action thriller Jail Force . After doing some work for Playboy , he began working as a documentary filmmaker after his partner died of AIDS . His first documentary, Rock the Boat , was about the immunodeficiency disease. The film ran very successfully on HBO . In this he also worked with Robert Hudson as in the following documentaries .
Houston received an Emmy for the documentary Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks (2002) and an Oscar for Mighty Times: The Children's March (2004).
Filmography
As a director
- 1980: Shogun Assassin
- 1984: gang of pigs! (Growing Pains)
- 1989: Trust Me
- 1991: Jail Force (Caged Fear)
- 1992: Playboy: Erotic Fantasies
- 1993: Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1994
- 1998: Rock the Boat
- 2001: A Place at the Table
- 2002: Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
- 2002: Leonard Roy Harper (from America's Most Wanted series )
- 2004: Mighty Times: The Children's March
As a screenwriter
- 1980: Shogun Assassin
- 1984: gang of pigs! (Growing Pains)
- 1986: Alone with the killer (A Killing Affair)
- 1989: Trust Me
- 1991: Jail Force (Caged Fear)
As an actor
- 1977: The Hills Have Eyes (The Hills Have Eyes)
- 1979: AGR - The Great American Girl Robbery
- 1979: 1941 - Where are you going to Hollywood (1941)
- 1984: In Death Valley of the Wolves (The Hills Have Eyes Part II)
- 1984: gang of pigs! (Growing Pains)
Web links
- Robert Houston in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sam Valorose: 10 Things You Might Not Know About GZA's 'Liquid Swords'. In: Iheart.com. November 7, 2017, accessed February 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Best Of: The Movies of The Wu-Tang Clan - Nitehawk Cinema - Williamsburg. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
- ↑ HIV-Positive Yacht Sailors Make a Statement in 'Rock the Boat'. March 5, 1999, accessed February 3, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Local Filmmaker Sells Work to HBO. September 28, 1998, Retrieved February 3, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Robert Hudson. In: Internet Movie Database . Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Houston, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Houston, Bobby |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film actor, film director, and documentary filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | California |