Biography for
Robert Patton-Spruill More at IMDbPro »

Nickname

Boston's Only Studio Head

Spouse

Patricia Moreno

(? - present)

Trivia

Graduated from Boston University's School of Communications.

Uses his father, actor and teacher James Spruill, in all his films.

Also, recently was set to direct "Trifecta," an independent crime thriller centered on gambling. The film was to star David Caruso (who also co-wrote the script) but the film never came to fruition.

Recently directed a music video featuring Chuck D (formerly of "Public Enemy").

Purchased the Roxbury, Massachusetts home of the late Henry Hampton with plans to renovate the property's 32-garage stalls into larger offices for his company The Film Shack .

Teaches film at the Massachusetts College of Art.

Owns a dog that was given to him by Ving Rhames.

Personal Quotes

Body Count was one big disaster after another... I was completely unprepared for working within the Hollywood system. I was 25 years old. Youngest person on set. Wasn't prepared for the intensity of what that really meant... I don't really want to get into it. It was a real disaster. Everyday was a disaster, and another disaster, until the disasters were over and we all went home.

I can't create in Los Angeles. And there's not a big enough film scene in New York to make that worth my while. But here at home, I'm safe. It's like asking Woody Allen to make a movie outside of Manhattan. Boston is where I make films.

I knew exactly what I was doing with Squeeze.... Squeeze is like a Truffaut movie, The 400 Blows. It's the same thing. It's just set in the 'hood with different-looking kids. Body Count was a job. That was a way to make a living.

Everyone has this image that I was just sitting on the couch, smoking a joint for the last decade... I had to build a company. To do what I want to, it needs to be sustainable. If you can keep the budgets low enough, you can pretty much guarantee success from a financial standpoint, and thus create sustainability. It took 10 years to put that shit together.

Salary

Body Count (1998)

$300,000

Where Are They Now

(2004) Running the newly reorganized Boston Film and Video Foundation at his Film Shack production company in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

(October 2004) Completing post-production on his latest feature film, titled "Turntable." The film is a pulp action drama about a DJ.