Date of Birth: 5 December 1969

theOscarSite Bio: Richard E. Robbins is an award-winning producer and director who has been making documentaries for PBS, cable, and network television for more than a decade. The programs have ranged from the historical to the political to present-day breaking news.

From 1998 to 2004 he primarily made documentaries for Peter Jennings at ABC News. In 2000 he traveled with Jennings to India, Pakistan, and the disputed region of Kashmir to produce "Dark Horizon", an in-depth look at the nuclear standoff on the subcontinent. He tracked down and interviewed militants affiliated with Al Qaeda, who were fighting in the foothills of the western Himalaya. Immediately following September 11, 2001, Robbins produced a variety of ABC News programs including the live Jennings special "Answering Children's Questions", which won a DuPont award from the Columbia School of Journalism. In the fall of 2001 and 2002, he spent time in Pakistan and Afghanistan covering the war for ABC News, contributing stories to "World News Tonight" and "Nightline".

In 2003, he relocated to Los Angeles where he negotiated unprecedented access to the gang units of the LAPD. His film "Peter Jennings Reporting: LAPD" documented the struggle for reform in the worse neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Throughout his time at ABC News he contributed to a wide range of programs and special events coverage, including presidential elections and the 24-hour millennium broadcast on Jan 1, 2000. Robbins began his television career at ABC News in 1993. He spent several years as a producer of independent documentaries and as an associate producer for the PBS series "Frontline" before joining Jennings in 1998.

· Achievement in Documentary Feature Films 2007: OPERATION HOMECOMING: WRITING THE WARTIME EXPERIENCE