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{{short description|American film director}}
{{Infobox person
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'''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]]'' (1999) and ''[[Police Beat]]'' (2005), and his documentary work includes ''[[Zoo (2007 film)|Zoo]]'' (2007), and ''Pow Wow'' (2018)
▲Devor has directed both documentaries as well as fiction films; his filmography includes narrative works such as ''[[The Woman Chaser]]'' (1999) and ''[[Police Beat]]'' (2005), and his documentary work includes ''[[Zoo (2007 film)|Zoo]]'' (2007), and ''Pow Wow'' (2018).<ref name="powwow">{{cite news|last=Upchurch|first=Michael|date=March 1, 2018|title=‘Pow Wow’: Seattle director ponders stunning California valley|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/pow-wow/|access-date=September 15, 2020}}</ref>
== Early life ==
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==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 Film Festival|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
▲Devor's first feature film, ''The Woman Chaser'', debuted at the 1999 [[New York Film Festival]] and then at [[Sundance Film Festival|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 US 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.
=== ''[[Police Beat]]'' (2005) ===
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=== ''[[Zoo (2007 film)|Zoo]]'' (2007) ===
Devor's next documentary, ''Zoo'', also a collaboration with Mudede, made its world premiere at the [[2007 Sundance Film Festival]], and then went on to play at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in the Director's Fortnight Section. The film was based on a true story about a Seattle engineer who died while having sex with a horse. The film was named as "one of the Best 15 Documentaries of the 2000s" by [[Taste of Cinema]].
=== ''Pow Wow'' (2018) ===
Devor ‘s 2018 feature documentary ''Pow Wow: An Anthropological Study of the Members of the Indian Desert Country Club'', a collaboration with writer Michael McConville, debuted at the [[Locarno Film Festival]] and then in the US at [[Lincoln Center]] (Art of the Real). It was named one of the best films of the year by [[Richard Brody]] of [[The New Yorker]].
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Robinson Devor ‘s newest documentary, “Suburban Fury” debuted at the 2024 New York Film Festival and went on to win the Grand Prize for Documentaries at the 2025 Seattle International Film Festival. The film achieved a 100% percent Rotten Tomatoes score, with Variety calling it “a rapt documentary thriller.”
==References==
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<small>4. Petrillo, Zac. “The 15 Best Documentaries of The 2000s.” ''Taste of Cinema - Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists'', 24 Oct. 2014, [http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2014/the-15-best-documentaries-of-the-2000s/ www.tasteofcinema.com/2014/the-15-best-documentaries-of-the-2000s/].</small>
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0222894}}
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[[Category:Southern Methodist University alumni]]
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