James F. Robinson

James F. Robinson

CA, US
Film director, media innovator, trend-spotter and next-gen communications guru.

ames F. Robinson is a filmmaker and a award-winning new media innovator. He is a leading international expert on communication & media trends in the US and abroad. 

Robinson helps clarify new media, social networking and communication strategies for any organization. Robinson's topics include:

• CONTROL FREAKS: Opportunities in the New Personalization Economy

• NEW MEDIA BOOTCAMP:Hands-On New Media Creation

• NO BUDGET DIGITAL MARKETING: Growth Techniques for the Post-Meltdown Economy

The global economy is in the midst of a total media revolution, and the YouTube generation can now access their content on computers, mobile phone and via video games.  Robinson helps his audiences slice through the hype to understand fundamental changes that are happening in content, community, interpersonal communication, entertainment, advertising, marketing and the global electronic economy. 

Robinson has 25 years experience in motion pictures and television.  He wrote, produced &, directed the award-winning independent motion picture, STILL BREATHING (starring Brendan Fraser, Joanna Going & Lou Rawls) which was distributed by Paramount Pictures, October Films and Disney.  Robinson produced numerous marketing programs as a freelance producer for Direct TV, Disney, Toyota, Honda and most recently, worked on the NewsCorp launch of their new US broadcast network MyNetworkTV.  he recently created a new form of live interactive television in the form of a late-night, text-message chat show, "TEXT-ME TV".

Robinson is a true new media pioneer and trend-spotter. He founded mobile entertainment company CinemaElectric Inc. in 1999, and built a mobile-phone content distribution network in more than 50 countries before taking the company public.  He created the world's first "PocketCinema" multimedia content for mobile phones, and coined the term "Communitainment" to help explain the current media revolution that blends Communication and Entertainment.  Robinson has worked with the top mobile technology companies in the world, including Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Nokia, Vodafone, Sony-Ericsson and many others.  He has in-depth busines experience in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.

Robinson has been a featured speaker at MILIA-MIDEM (FRANCE), MIP-TV, NATPE, SXSW, MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT MARKET LONDON, INTERNET WORLD, iHOLLYWOOD MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT SUMMIT, 3G WORLD CONGRESS AND MARKETPLACE (HONG KONG), STREAMING MEDIA WORLD, iTV WORLD, STREAMING MEDIA WORLD EUROPE, CTIA WIRELESS IT & INTERNET, MOBILE COMMERCE WORLD ASIA  and other key media and technology industry events.

Awards, festivals & key nominations include: MIP-COM, GSM AWARDS, CHICAGO FILM FESTIVAL, MONTREAL FILM FESTIVAL: Grand Prix des Amériques (nomination), GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE (Seattle Film Festival ) and other awards.

Robinson lives in Hollywood, California with his wife and two sons.

ames F. Robinson is a filmmaker and a award-winning new media innovator. He is a leading international expert on communication & media trends in the US and abroad. 

Robinson helps clarify new media, social networking and communication strategies for any organization. Robinson's topics include:

• CONTROL FREAKS: Opportunities in the New Personalization Economy

• NEW MEDIA BOOTCAMP:Hands-On New Media Creation

• NO BUDGET DIGITAL MARKETING: Growth Techniques for the Post-Meltdown Economy

The global economy is in the midst of a total media revolution, and the YouTube generation can now access their content on computers, mobile phone and via video games.  Robinson helps his audiences slice through the hype to understand fundamental changes that are happening in content, community, interpersonal communication, entertainment, advertising, marketing and the global electronic economy. 

Robinson has 25 years experience in motion pictures and television.  He wrote, produced &, directed the award-winning independent motion picture, STILL BREATHING (starring Brendan Fraser, Joanna Going & Lou Rawls) which was distributed by Paramount Pictures, October Films and Disney.  Robinson produced numerous marketing programs as a freelance producer for Direct TV, Disney, Toyota, Honda and most recently, worked on the NewsCorp launch of their new US broadcast network MyNetworkTV.  he recently created a new form of live interactive television in the form of a late-night, text-message chat show, "TEXT-ME TV".

Robinson is a true new media pioneer and trend-spotter. He founded mobile entertainment company CinemaElectric Inc. in 1999, and built a mobile-phone content distribution network in more than 50 countries before taking the company public.  He created the world's first "PocketCinema" multimedia content for mobile phones, and coined the term "Communitainment" to help explain the current media revolution that blends Communication and Entertainment.  Robinson has worked with the top mobile technology companies in the world, including Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Nokia, Vodafone, Sony-Ericsson and many others.  He has in-depth busines experience in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.

Robinson has been a featured speaker at MILIA-MIDEM (FRANCE), MIP-TV, NATPE, SXSW, MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT MARKET LONDON, INTERNET WORLD, iHOLLYWOOD MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT SUMMIT, 3G WORLD CONGRESS AND MARKETPLACE (HONG KONG), STREAMING MEDIA WORLD, iTV WORLD, STREAMING MEDIA WORLD EUROPE, CTIA WIRELESS IT & INTERNET, MOBILE COMMERCE WORLD ASIA  and other key media and technology industry events.

Awards, festivals & key nominations include: MIP-COM, GSM AWARDS, CHICAGO FILM FESTIVAL, MONTREAL FILM FESTIVAL: Grand Prix des Amériques (nomination), GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE (Seattle Film Festival ) and other awards.

Robinson lives in Hollywood, California with his wife and two sons.