Graham Robertson is an American

United States

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 filmmaker and author

Author

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. A native of Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

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, Robertson studied film at the College of Santa Fe

College of Santa Fe

Santa Fe University of Art and Design is an institution of creative and performing arts based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The university offers programs in creative writing, theatre, art, graphic design, moving image arts , music, and photography, based on a liberal arts core curriculum...

 in Santa Fe

Santa Fe, New Mexico

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, New Mexico

New Mexico

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. Shortly thereafter, he found his way into the motion picture industry via set decoration and the art department working on numerous television series and feature films.

In 2000, Robertson, along with co-creator Philip Stark

Philip Stark

Philip Stark is an American television and film screenwriter. A native of Houston, Texas, Stark graduated with a degree in Radio-Television-Film from The University of Texas at Austin in 1995....

 unleased a viral internet spoof, Superfriends Wassup! A parody of the Budweiser

Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch)

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 "Whassup" commercial featuring clips from Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera

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's, Superfriends.

Robertson went on to write and direct the ultra low-budget feature film, Able Edwards

Able Edwards

Able Edwards is a 2004 film directed by Graham Robertson. Able Edwards follows the clone of a Walt Disneyesque entertainment mogul created to revive the glory days of his deceased predecessor's corporation...

. Executive produced by Steven Soderbergh

Steven Soderbergh

Steven Andrew Soderbergh is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and an Academy Award-winning film director. He is best known for directing commercial Hollywood films like Erin Brockovich, Traffic, and the remake of Ocean's Eleven, but he has also directed smaller less...

 and categorized by Guinness World Records

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as the first all green screen feature film. Able Edwards is the story about the clone of a Walt Disney

Walt Disney

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/Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes

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 type created to restore vitality to a once glorious corporation.

Based on the experiences of directing Able Edwards

Able Edwards

Able Edwards is a 2004 film directed by Graham Robertson. Able Edwards follows the clone of a Walt Disneyesque entertainment mogul created to revive the glory days of his deceased predecessor's corporation...

, Robertson went on to write the book, Desktop Cinema: Feature Filmmaking on the Home Computer, a step-by-step account into how one would make their own feature film on Apple's Macintosh

Macintosh

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 computer.

External links

• Able Edwards at MySpace.com
• Desktop Cinema: Feature Filmmaking on the Home Computer by Graham Robertson