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J. Peter Robinson's most recent and challenging engagement is for Director Mick Jackson and HBO to score HBO Films' biography TEMPLE GRANDIN about the celebrated autistic doctor and professor Dr. Temple Grandin.

Grandin, a leader of the US autism advocacy movement is portrayed on camera by Claire Danes. The film also stars Julia Ormond, David Strathairn and Catherine O'Hara. It is set for release this year. Robinson has previously worked with Jackson, providing the pulsating score for Jacksonﾒs mini-series THE HADES FACTOR.

Robinson's most recent credits include SIS, SHARK, and TORNADO ROAD as well as his work as composer on Director Roger Donaldson's THE BANK JOB. That film took him to Australia, where it was post produced by Donaldson and stars Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows; the film was written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais.

THE BANK JOB is based upon the events surrounding the 1971 Baker Street bank robbery which story (due to a UK Government gag order) was prevented from being told for over thirty years. Neither recovering the stolen money nor making a single arrest on one of of the biggest bank robberies in British history, the robbers got away scot-free. Production companies and distributors on the film include Arclight Films, Lionsgate, Mosaic Media and Relativity Films.

Other of Robinson's accomplishments include the score for CBS' 2006 miniseries THE HADES FACTOR (based on the Robert Ludlum novel COVERT ACTION: THE HADES FACTOR) . Executive Produced by Larry Sanitsky, the film features star performances by Stephen Dorff, Anjelica Huston, Mira Sorvino, Blair Underwood, Colm Meany and Danny Huston. The film was directed by Mick Jackson ('Live from Baghdad', 'The Bodyguard', 'LA Story') for whom Robinson also created scores to 'The Handler'.

J. Peter Robinson's eclectic career brought him into THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN as a result of his longtime relationship with Producer-Director and New Zealander Roger Donaldson. Starring Anthony Hopkins in an Award winning performance, the film premiered at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival and went on to become one of New Zealand's ten most successful releases ever. Robinson's previous films for Donaldson include one of the smash hits of the '80s: COCKTAIL with Tom Cruise, and another featuring a vintage Robin Williams performance: CADILLAC MAN.

Classically trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London, John Peter Robinson began his recording career in London as the pianist for Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice on the original album recording of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, but Peter achieved his first major break in film composition when the late John Schlesinger called on him to create the eerily percussive score to THE BELIEVERS. Soon afterwards he composed the score to Philip Noyce's action-thriller BLIND FURY, and in turn this lead to his first project with Donaldson. These films were followed by two hugely successful comedies: the Mike Meyers' blockbuster WAYNE'S WORLD for Penelope Spheeris and Paramount Pictures, and Les Mayfield's ENCINO MAN for Disney.

Robinson's score to the action-comedy MR. NICE GUY was the third of a three-picture deal with New Line Cinema and Jackie Chan which began with the surprise hit RUMBLE IN THE BRONX. Peter's longtime relationship with New Line Cinema has grown during several collaborations with horrormeister Wes Craven. His scores for Craven include WES CRAVEN'S NEW NIGHTMARE, VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYN, NIGHTMARE CAFE and DON'T LOOK DOWN. New Line turned to Peter to score the sizzling opening sequence for Gregory Hoblit's FREQUENCY, also, Robinson provided the score to John Herzfeld's FIFTEEN MINUTES, starring Rober De Niro, Ed Burns, Kelsey Grammar and Kim Cattrall.

In between motion picture assignments, Peter has created the scores for a number of movies-for-cable, and with work on a long-running television series, notably composing for 8 seasons of CHARMED which ended its network run in 2006. He has become so busy composing for film and television that he reluctantly stopped touring as a rock and roll musician, a career that spanned more than twenty years, and included an eight-year stint as Phil Collins' keyboard player, with prior collaborations as a writer, arranger, and/or co-producer with Eric Clapton, Melissa Etheridge and Al Jarreau. He has also collaborated with the following recording artists as arranger, performer, co-producer, or co-songwriter: Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Al Stewart, Quartermass, Stanley Clarke, Berlin, and Shawn Phillips.

Film: - 2008 "The Bank Job" Starring Jason Statham Saffron Burrows, Directed by Roger Donaldson, Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, Company :Arclight Films; - 2007 "The Obscure Brother" Starring Francesco Cabras, Federico Castelluccio and Randy Flagler Directed and Written by Linda Di Franco Producers James C. Brookshire and Linda Di Franco Company Blu Video MT; - 2007 "Shelter" Starring Trevor Wright and Tricia Pierce Directed and Written by Jonah Markowitz Producer J.D. Disalvatore, Company GP Pictures; - 2006 "Quincea￱era " Starring Jesus Castanos and Araceli Guzman-Rico, Directed and Written by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland Producer Anne Clements, Company Cinetic Media; - 2006 "Highlander: The Source" Davis-Panzer/Lionsgate. Starring Adrian Paul; - 2005 "The World's Fastest Indian" Starring Anthony Hopkins, Gemini. Directed and Written by Roger Donaldson. Producers Roger Donaldson and Gary Hannam.; - 2003 "A Man Apart" Starring Vin Diesel, New Line Cinema. Directed by F. Gary Gray. Written by Christian Gudegast and Paul Scheuring. Executive Producers Michael De Luca, Vin Diesel, F. Gary Gray and Claire Rudnick Polstein.; - 2002 "Wishcraft" Starring Michael Bower and A.J. Buckley, Wishcraft/Gold Cirlce. Directed by Danny Graves and Richard Wenk. Written by Larry Katz. Executive Producer Norm Waitt.; - 2002 "Beeper" Starring Gulshan Grover and Stefan Djordjevic, Shoreline Entertainment. Directed by Jack Sholder. Written by Michael Cordell and Gregory Gieras. Producers Vicky Pike and Moris Ruskin.; - 2001 "Fifteen Minutes" Starring Robert De Niro and Edward Burns, New Line Cinema. Directed by John Herzfeld. Written by John Herzfeld. Executive Producer Claire Rudnick Polstein.; - 2000 "Frequency" (Main Title) Starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel, New Line Cinema. Directed by Gregory Hoblit. Written by Toby Emmerich. Executive Producers Richard Saperstein and Robert Shaye.; - 1999 "Waterproof" Starring Whitman Mayo, April Grace and Burt Reynolds, Leitmotive. Directed by Barry Berman. Written by Barry Berman. Executive Producer Carol Baum.; - 1999 "Godzilla 2000" Starring Takehiro Murata and Hiroshi Abe, Sony/Columbia. Directed by Takao Okawara. Written by Hiroshi Kashiwabara, Wataru Mimura and Michael Schlesinger. Executive Producer Shogo Tomiyama.; - 1999 "Detroit Rock City" Starring Edward Furlong, New Line Cinema. Directed by Adam Rifkin. Written by Carl V. Dupre. Executive Producers Michael De Luca and Brian Witten.; - 1998 "Firestorm" Starring Howie Long, Scott Glenn, William Forsythe and Suzy Amis, 20th Century Fox. Directed by Dean Semler. Written by Chris Soth. Executive Producer Louise Rosner.; - 1997 "Jackie Chan's Mr. Nice Guy" Starring Jackie Chan, New Line Cinema. Directed by Sammo Hung. Written by Fibe Ma and Edward Tang. Executive Producers Leonard Ho and Chua Lam.; - 1996 "Rumble in the Bronx" Starring Jackie Chan, New Line Cinema. Directed by Stanley Tong. Written by Edward Tang and Fibe Ma. Executive Producers Raymond Chow and Leonard Ho.; - 1996 "Jackie Chan's First Strike" Starring Jackie Chan, New Line Cinema. Directed by Stanley Tong. Written by Greg Mellot, Elliot Tong, Stanley Tong and Nick Tramontane. Executive Producer Leonard Ho.; - 1995 "Vampire In Brooklyn" Starring Eddie Murphy and Angela Bassett, Paramount. Directed by Wes Craven. Written by Eddie Murphy, Charles Murphy and Vernon Lynch. Executive Producers Stuart M. Besser and Marianne Maddalena.; - 1994 "Wes Craven's New Nightmare" Starring Heather Langenkamp and Robert Englund, New Line Cinema. Directed by Wes Craven. Written by Wes Craven. Executive Producers Wes Craven and Robert Shaye.; - 1994 "The Gift" Starring Jason Adelman, Chanticleer. Directed by Laura Dern.; - 1994 "The Air Up There" Starring Kevin Bacon and Charles Gitonga Maina, Buena Vista/Interscope. Directed by Paul Michael Glaser. Written by Max Apple. Executive Producers Lance Hool and Scott Kroopf.; - 1994 "Highlander III, The Sorcerer" Starring Christopher Lambert, Miramax/Dimension. Directed by Andy Morahan. Written by Brad Mirman and William N. Panzer. Executive Producers Guy Collins and Charles L. Smiley.; - 1992 "Wayne's World" Starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, Paramount. Directed by Penelope Spheeris. Written by Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner. Executive Producer Howard W Koch Jr.; - 1992 "Encino Man" Starring Sean Astin and Brendan Frazer, Hollywood/Buena Vista. Directed by Les Mayfield. Written by George Zaloom and Shawn Schepps. Executive Producer Hilton Green.; - 1990 "Cadillac Man" Starring Robin Williams and Tim Robbins, Orion. Directed by Roger Donaldson. Written by Ken Friedman. Producers Roger Donaldson and Charles Roven.; - 1989 "The Wizard" Starring Fred Savage and Christian Slater, Tristar. Directed by Todd Holland. Written by David Chisholm. Executive Producer Lindsley Parsons Jr.; - 1989 "Blind Fury" Starring Rutger Hauer, Tristar. Directed by Philip Noyce. Written by Ryozo Kasahara and Charles Robert Carner. Executive Producers Robert W. Cort and David Madden.; - 1988 "Cocktail" Starring Tom Cruise, Touchstone. Directed by Roger Donaldson. Written by Heywood Gould. Producers Robert W. Cort and Ted Field.; - 1987 "The Believers" Starring Martin Sheen and Helen Shaver, Orion. Directed by John Schlesinger. Written by Mark Frost and Nicholas Conde. Executive Producer Edward Teets.

Television: - MOVIES FOR CABLE & MOVIES OF THE WEEK:; - CABLE & NETWORK SERIES:; - 2006-1998 "Charmed" Starring Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan and Holly Marie Combs, WB/Spelling.; - 2006 "The Hades Factor" CBS mini-series Executive Producer Larry Sanitsky, director Mick Jackson. Starring Stephen Dorff, Anjelica Huston, Mira Sorvino, Blair Underwood, Colm Meany and Danny Huston.; - 2001 "World War III" Starring Timothy Hutton, 20th Century Fox. Directed by Robert Mandel. Written by Dan Taplitz. Executive Producer Gary Hoffman.; - 1998 "Don't Look Down" Starring Megan Ward and Billy Burke, ABC/ Wes Craven Films. Directed by Larry Shaw. Written by Gregory Goodell. Executive Producers Wes Craven, Marianne Maddalena, Robert M. Sertner and Frank von Zerneck.; - 1998 "Charmed" Starring Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan and Holly Marie Combs, ABC/Spelling. Created by Constance M. Burge; - 1998 "Brink!" Starring Erik von Detten, Disney. Directed by Greg Beeman. Written by Jeff Schechter. Executive Producer David Hoberman.; - 1997 "Spawn" Animated Series, HBO.; - 1996 "Kindred" Starring C. Thomas Howell, Spelling/Fox. Created by John Leekley. Written by Jean Gennis, Curt Johnson, Laurie McCarthy, Aaron Mendelsohn and Paul Tamasy. Executive Producers John Leekley, Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent.; - 1996 "Generation X" Starring Suzanne Davis, Fox Television. Directed by Jack Sholder. Written by Eric Blakeney. Executive Producers Eric Blakeney, Stan Lee and Bruce J. Sallan.; - 1995 "Under One Roof" (Pilot) Starring James Earl Jones and Joe Morton, CBS/Thomas Carter. Directed by Thomas Carter and Ian Sander. Written by Paul Aaron, Michael Henry Brown, Rogers Turrentine and Valerie Woods. Executive Producer Paul Aaron.; - 1995 "The Omen" Starring Brett Cullen and Chelsea Field, 20th Century Fox. Directed by Jack Sholder. Written by John Leekley. Executive Producers Richard Donner and John Leekley.; - 1993 "The Day My Parents Ran Away" Starring Matt Frewer and Bobby Jacoby, New Line/ Fox TV. Directed by Martin Nichelson. Written by Handel Glassberg. Producers Tom Colwell and Jana Sue Memel.; - 1993 "Laurel Canyon" (Pilot) Starring Elaine Hendrix, NBC Productions. Executive Producer Wes Craven.; - 1992 "With a Vengeance" Starring Melissa Gilbert Brinkman and Matthew Lawrence, Citadel Ent. Directed by Michael Switzer. Written by Renee Schonfeld Longstreet. Executive Producer David R. Ginsburg.; - 1992 "The President's Child" Starring Jesse Bennett and J. Scott Bronson, CBS. Directed by Sam Pillsbury. Writers Fay Weldon and Edmond Stevens. Executive Producer Sandra Saxon Brice.; - 1992 "Nightmare Caf￩" (Theme & Multiples) Starring Jack Coleman, Robert Englund and Lindsay Frost, MGM/NBC. Created by Thomas Baum and Wes Craven. Directed by Wes Craven, John Harrison, Christopher Leitch and Armand Mastroianni. Executive Producer Wes Cr; - 1992 "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" Starring Jane Seymour and Parker Stevenson, Paramount. Directed by E.W. Swackhamer. Written by Wesley Moore. Producer Gordon Wolf.; - 1991 "The Lightning Incident" Starring Nancy McKeon, USA Cable/ Paramount. Directed by Michael Switzer. Written by D.B. Weiss. Producer Victor Goss.; - 1991 "Prison Stories: Women on the Inside" Starring Ken Butler, HBO "Esperanza". Directed by Donna Deitch. Written by Martin Jones. Executive Producers Colin Callender and Francine Lefrak.; - 1991 "Hell Hath No Fury" Starring David Ackroyd and Barbara Eden, Finnegan/Pinchuk. Directed by Thomas J. Wright. Written by B. W. Battin and Beau Bensink. Executive Producers Bill Finnegan and Sheldon Pinchuk.; - 1991 "Eerie, Indiana" (Multiples) Starring Omri Katz and Mary-Margaret Humes, Hearst/Fox Kids. Created by Karl Schaefer and Jose Rivera. Directed by Bob Balaban and Joe Dante. Executive Producer Karl Schaefer.; - 1991 "Deadly Intentions... Again?" Starring Harry Hamlin and Joanna Kerns, Green-Epstein/NBC. Directed by James Steven Sadwith. Written by William Wood. Executive Producers Allen S. Epstein and Jim Green.; - 1990 "When You Remember Me" Starring Fred Savage and Kevin Spacey, David Wolper Prod. Directed by Harry Winer. Written by Rena Dictor Le Blanc, Jerry McNeely and Cynthia Whitcomb. Executive Producer Bernard Sofronski.; - 1990 "Turn of the Screw" Starring Amy Irving and David Hemmings, Think Prods./ Showtime. Directed by Graeme Clifford. Written by Henry James. Producers Shelley Duvall and Bridget Terry.; - 1989 "The Gifted One" Starring Peter Kowanko and John Rhys-Davies, NBC Productions. Directed by Stephen Herek. Written by Lisa James and Richard Rothstein. Executive Producer Richard Rothstein.; - 1989 "Tales From The Crypt" Starring John Kassir, HBO "Television Terror". Directed by Charles Picerni. Written by J. Randal Johnson. Executive Producers Richard Donner and David Giler.; - 1989 "Tales From The Crypt" Starring John Kassir, HBO "Easel Kill Ya" Directed by John Harrison. Written by Larry Wilson. Executive Producers Richard Donner and David Giler.; - 1988 "The Wonder Years" Starring Fred Savage, New World/ABC. Created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens. Executive Producers Carol Black, Bob Brush and Neal Marlens.; - 1988 "Desert Rats" (Pilot) Starring Diedrich Bader and Geoffrey Lewis, Universal/NBC. Directed by Tony Wharmby. Written by David Chisholm. Executive Producer David Chisholm.; - 1987 "Rags to Riches" (Theme & Multiples) Starring Douglas Seale and Joseph Bologna, New World/NBC. Created by Bernie Kukoff. Written by Susan Goldberg. Executive Producers Leonard Hill, Bernie Kukoff and Andrew Schneider.; - 1987 "J. Edgar Hoover" Starring Joe Regalbuto and Walker Edmiston, Finnegan/ Showtime. Directed by Robert Collins.; - 1987 "Bates Motel" Starring Bud Cort, Lori Petty and Jason Batemean, Universal/NBC. Directed by Richard Rothstein. Written by Richard Rothstein. Producers George Linder and Ken Topolsky.; - 1986 "Kate's Secret" Starring Meredith Baxter, Ben Masters and Edward Asner, Columbia/NBC. Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman. Written by Denise DeGarmo and Susan Seegar. Executive Producers Andrea Baynes.; - 1985 "The Insiders" (Multiples) Starring Nicholas Campbell, Stoney Jackson and Gail Strickland, Universal.