Alan Roberts (filmmaker)

Robert Alan Brownell (November 2, 1946 – July 3, 2016), known professionally as Alan Roberts, was an American filmmaker best known for directing low-budget films including Karate Cop[1] and The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood.[2] Roberts began his career as a director. After 1994 most of his work was as an editor. Roberts' Young Lady Chatterly series is "a classical vehicle in the Emmanuelle mode."[3]

Alan Roberts
Born
Robert Alan Brownell

(1946-11-02)November 2, 1946
United States
DiedJuly 3, 2016(2016-07-03) (aged 69)
Los Angeles, California
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter, film editor, film producer

In 1983, Roberts designed and produced the adult-themed Atari 2600 game X-Man. The game was controversial and sold poorly.

In 2011, Roberts was involved in production of the film Desert Warriors. The film was substantially altered by others, and released as the anti-Islamic film Innocence of Muslims in 2012.[4][5]

Selected filmography

As director

As writer

As producer

As editor
  • Zombie Wars (2008)
  • Cielito lindo (2007)
  • Fighting Words (2007)
  • 30 Days (2006)
  • Manhattan Minutiae (2006)
  • Haunted Boat (2005)
  • Dr. Rage (2005)
  • Haunted House (2004)
  • Secret Admirer (short) (2004)
  • Career Suicide (short) (2004)
  • One Man's Junk (short) (2004)
  • Grand Theft Parsons (2003)
  • Lost in the USA (2003)
  • One of Us (short) (2002)
  • Throttle (2002)
  • White Boy (2002)
  • 108 Stitches (2001)
  • The Yellow Bird (short) (2001)
  • Death Game (2001)
  • Forbidden City (2001)
  • Stanley's Gig (2000)
  • Megalomania (short) (2000)
  • The Last American Virgin (short) (2000)
  • Dirt Merchant (uncredited) (1999)
  • Deterrence (1999)
  • 348 (1999)
  • 4 Second Delay (short) (1998)
  • One Plus Two Equals Four (1994)

References
  1. Lott, M. Ray (2004). The American Martial Arts Film. McFarland, ISBN 9780786418367
  2. Bailey, Bruce (September 2, 1980). 'Hooker' not even skin deep. Montreal Gazette
  3. Andrews, David (2006). Soft in the Middle: The Contemporary Softcore Feature in Its Contexts. Ohio State University Press, ISBN 9780814210222
  4. Amira, Dan (September 14, 2012). Mystery of Anti-Islamic Film Further Unravels. New York
  5. Carbone, Nick; Gray, Madison (September 13, 2012). Friends of 'Sam Bacile': A Who's Who of the Innocence of Muslims Film. Time
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