Robin
French

Robin is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His first play, Bear Hug, won the Royal Court Young Writers Festival and was produced at the Royal Court, where it earned an extended run. He has written extensively for the theatre, from Musical Differences as part of the National Theatre’s connections programme, to Crooked Dances at the RSC, and a new musical Rebel Music at his hometown theatre, the Birmingham Rep.

Robin’s short film Crocodile won awards at Cannes, Encounters, and Guanajuato festival in Mexico, and was BIFA-nominated for Best British short. Alongside his friend Kieron Quirke, Robin also co-created and wrote five series of the hit BBC sitcom Cuckoo, starring Greg Davies, Andy Samberg, Taylor Lautner and Andi MacDowell. Cuckoo was BBC3's biggest rating comedy launch and garnered nominations both at BAFTA and the British Comedy Awards. Robin and Kieron’s credits also include creating and writing thirteen-part US sitcom series Roommates and eight-part mystery drama Trinity, starring Charles Dance and Claire Skinner.

Robin is currently developing new drama projects for television and film and has recently been in the writers room on The Great for Hulu. When not writing, he enjoys working on his indie/samba band Sugarcane.