Richard Robbins

Writer, producer and director · Born December 5, 1969 (56)

Richard E. Robbins is an American filmmaker and documentarian, who has produced and directed several documentaries for ABC and PBS. The most notable is Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience, which puts forward the perspective of American troops returning home from service in Iraq.In January 2008, Robbins received an Academy Award nomination for the film as well as two Emmy nominations, and nominations from the International Documentary Association and the Directors Guild of America. He is also a noted producer, having produced several series for Peter Jennings Reporting, including Peter Jennings Reporting: LAPD and Peter Jennings Reporting: Dark Horizon - India, Pakistan, and the Bomb. He was a producer for the ABC special The Century: America's Time." Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard E. Robbins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

What are Richard Robbins' films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.

Themes

share of theme weight

Society

44%

Ideas

18%

Morality

16%

Survival

8%

Bonds

7%

Self

7%

Community2

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic

2

Tense

2

Contemplative

1

Hopeful

1

Triumphant

1

Other

1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Richard Robbins' films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Cineverse1 title, show their title on Cineverse

Subscription and free streaming for Richard Robbins' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

9 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.

Halo(2022)
Show 9 episodes · Co-Executive Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
The Chair(2021)
Show 6 episodes · Co-Executive Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Brave Girl Rising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Director
The Resident(2018)
Show 1 episode · Writer
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Good Girls Revolt(2015)
Show 10 episodes · Supervising Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
12 Monkeys(2015)
Show 4 episodes · Writer
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
The Divide(2014)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Girl Rising(2013)
Director · Producer
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Director

Career shape

A full career of 8 titles from 2007 to 2022.

Biggest box office

Girl Rising (2013)

$1.7M worldwide

Highest rated

Girl Rising (2013)

Midcredits 81^st

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing3 of 8Writing5 of 8 · 80^thProducing4 of 8

8 titles, 4 with more than one role — writing and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s5 · crew2020s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.