ROBINSON DEVOR, named one of Variety's "10 Directors To Watch" in 2000, made his feature film directorial debut with “The Woman Chaser,” which was named one of the “Ten Best Films of the Year” by the San Francisco Chronicle. The only U.S. film selected to play at The New York Film Festival, Sundance, and South by Southwest in the same year, ”The Woman Chaser" received critical high marks throughout its 2000 U.S. theatrical run ("Wicked and Brilliant”, The New Yorker; ”This year's 'Rushmore‚” The N.Y. Post). When it was released on video, MovieMaker magazine called it a "masterpiece” and named it the “Video Release of 2000.” The film received its broadcast premiere on the Sundance Channel and the Showtime Network. Before writing and directing "The Woman Chaser," Devor directed the acclaimed documentary, ”Angelyne,” about the eponymous Los Angleles billboard queen. It aired several times on PBS, and was called "a knockout” by the Village Voice. Though just thirty minutes long and shot in 16 mm., the film has been a top seller and rental at Virgin, 20/20, Tower Video and other major video chains over the past few years. Devor has also written several feature length screenplays beyond his adaptation of the novel, "The Woman Chaser." Efforts include "Black Lava," a collaboration with playwright Richard Ohanesian set against the modernist architectural backdrop of Palm Springs; "Golden," a look at the actual romance between a young serial killer and a middle-aged English journalist in the Deep South, circa 1975; "Crooner," a roman-a-clef about the Rat Pack in 1962 Las Vegas; and a modern update of Ernest Hemingway's‚ big-game drama, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber." A native New Yorker now living in Los Angeles and Seattle, Devor received his BFA in Film from Southern Methodist Universit in Dallas. He has lived and worked in South Africa (for Africa's largest indigenous banking network), co-curated an art exhibition with UCLA of Sub-Saharan contemporary artists, and worked as a counselor for the Suicide Prevention Center at the Didi Hirsch Mental Health Hospital in Los Angles.