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Kenneth M. Robinson
Professor of Film
B.A., M.A., M.F.A., University of Southern California

CDF 313 / Box 441 / 845.437.5474
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Ken Robinson has taught film and video production at Vassar since 1987. Prior to that, he taught 16mm film production in the School of Cinema/Television at the University of Southern California from 1972-1987.

Robinson holds an M.A. in drama as well as an M.F.A. in film from the University of Southern California. His master’s project was “Some Of Your Best Friends”, a documentary of the 1970s Gay Liberation Movement in Los Angeles and New York.

He has worked professionally on features, documentaries, and television series, initially as a production recordist but primarily as a picture editor. In 1983-4 he took a leave from teaching at U.S.C. and was the primary editor on “Purple Rain”, starting on location during shooting in Minneapolis and then moving back to Los Angeles for post production.

Ken Robinson’s latest film is “Uncommon Sense”, which brings to life the magical world of Newberry Award-winning children’s author Nancy Willard, as we trace the chain of inspirations leading to her latest book, “The Moon and Riddles Diner and the Sunnyside Café”

Robinson teaches film production courses—beginning film, video documentary, and narrative storytelling in film.