Robert
Hoskin
b. October 16, 1962, Bright, Victoria,
Australia.
BIOGRAPHY:
Robert Hoskin was born deaf, and educated
at the Victorian School for Deaf Children until 1978. Being shown
educational films on 16mm at school, he became obsessed with the
moving image. He began making home movies on Super 8 in the late
'70s, culminating in his first proper film, The Silent Revenge
(1982), before buying a 16mm. camera in the '80s. Dissatisfied
with 16mm, he hunted down and purchased an Arriflex 35mm. camera,
and commenced making short films on the medium in the early '90s,
in Japan, where he moved with his Japanese wife. He has recently
moved back to Melbourne, and shot his film Sand is Still
Yellow in early 2006. He completed his first feature Two Is Too Many in 2012. He is also now in development for another feature film My Imported Wife.
CRITICAL
OVERVIEW:
The films of Robert Hoskin are narrative
dramas which focus on the problems of deaf people. He emphasises
the reality and complexity of their lives, something that non-deaf
writers can't quite capture. He is particularly alarmed at the
representation of deaf people by non-deaf actors, who cannot possibly
express the unique way deaf people have of communicating, including
the facial twitches they employ.
Chance
for Love
FILMOGRAPHY
(as writer/director/producer):
The Silent
Revenge (1982, 56 mins, Super 8, Australia)
The Silent
Revenge 2 (1984,
41 mins, Super 8, Australia, uncompleted)
Flick
'n' Click (1987, 19 mins, 16mm, Australia)
Blue Gush
(1993, 3 mins, 35mm, Japan)
Patched-Up!
(1994, 8 mins, 35mm, Japan)
Motion
of Confusion (1996, 10 mins, 35mm, Japan)
Chance
for Love (1997, 21 mins, 35mm, Japan)
The Unforgettable
Character (1999, 18 mins, 35mm, Japan)
Blue
Gush
Sand is
Still Yellow (2006, 6 mins, 35mm, Australia)
My Imported Wife (feature film, currently in development)
Two Is Too Many (2012, 72 mins, 35mm, Australia)
FILMs as WRITER (solo, feature films only)
The Spirit of Enlightenment (2000, Japan, 35mm, Original Screenplay)
My Imported Wife (2009, Australia, 35mm, Original Screenplay)
Two Is Too Many (2011, Australia, 35mm, Original Screenplay)
Director Showreel (2010)
Motion of Confusion (1996, 10 mins)
ALSO:
Ofukuro
Ni Hanataba O! (1995, Betacam-SP, Japan)
uncredited extra actor in the stage audience
The
Unforgettable Character
I Love
You (1999, 111 mins, 35mm, Japan, directed by Yutaka Osawa
and Akihiro Yonaiyama)
uncredited extra actor in the theatre audience
Introduction
of 4 Deaf Actresses from "The Unforgettable Character"
(1999, 5 mins, 35mm, Japan)
Producer, cinematographer and editor
Out of
this World (2004, 123 mins, 35mm, Japan, directed by Junji
Sakamoto)
uncredited extra actor as an American GI serviceman
Mr. Deaf
Pea Goes to Footy (2007, 7 mins, HDD Video NTSC, Australia)
Writer and cinematographer
Mr. Deaf
Pea Goes to Garage (2007, 20 mins, HDTV Video PAL, Australia)
Writer and cinematographer
Sand
is Still Yellow
Mr. Deaf
Pea Goes to Beach (2008, 48 mins, HDTV Video PAL, Australia)
Writer and cinematographer
Mr. Deaf
Pea Goes to Footy(remake version) (2009, 19 mins, HDTV Video PAL, Australia)
Writer and cinematographer
AWARDS:
Chance
for Love
Best Short
Film, Idyllwild International Film Festival, 1997
Outstanding Performance, Chicago International Deaf Film Festival,
2003
Motion
of Confusion Outstanding Performance, Chicago International Deaf Film Festival,
2003
