Chris Robinson (writer)

Chris Robinson is an Ottawa-based animation, film, literature and sports writer, Contributing Editor at AWN.com and Artistic Director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF). He also wrote the screenplay for the Jutra Award and Genie Award-winning animated documentary Lipsett Diaries, directed by Theodore Ushev.

Robinson began his association with the OIAF in the early 1990s, while still a film student at Carleton University, coordinating festival submissions and selection committees.

From 2000-2016, Robinson wrote the "Animation Pimp" column for Animation World Magazine. Partially influenced by gonzo journalism and Beat Generation writers, Pimp columns often fused philosophy, history, comedy and memoir in discussing various facets of animation. A selection of columns were later compiled into a book illustrated by German artist and animator, Andreas Hykade. In 2016, Robinson renamed the column, Cheer and Loathing in Animation.

In 2014, Animation World Magazine debuted Robinson's Animation Pimpcast. In this monthly podcast, Robinson sits down with a variety of animation types to fondle their minds through informal chats about animation, life and whatever else they feel like discussing.

Robinson is also a frequent contributor to, Sight and Sound Magazine.

Robinson has also written on music, film, literature and sports for various international publications including Salon.com, Stop Smiling, Ottawa Magazine, and the Ottawa Citizen His monthly literature column, "The Lit Pimp" appeared in the Ottawa Xpress from 2006-2010.

Since 2001, Robinson has been the editor-in-chief of the ASIFA (International Animator's Association) Magazine.

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