---
name: "Julie Anne Robinson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/julie-anne-robinson"
fi1m_id: "julie-anne-robinson"
imdb_id: "nm1455688"
tmdb_id: 114597
wikidata_id: "Q456690"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "8 August 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 14
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "director"
average_over: 14
updated: "2026-10-07T14:44:00.653624+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Julie Anne Robinson

## Identity

Julie Anne Robinson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/julie-anne-robinson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** julie-anne-robinson
- **IMDb ID:** nm1455688
- **TMDB ID:** 114597
- **Wikidata ID:** Q456690
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Anne_Robinson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456690, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1455688/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/114597

Director. Born 8 August 1945 in Gran Bretagna.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 8 August 1945, Gran Bretagna
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Also known as:** Julie Ann Robinson
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Davidson](https://film.one/person/adam-davidson.md), [Ken Whittingham](https://film.one/person/ken-whittingham.md), [Tricia Brock](https://film.one/person/tricia-brock.md), [Tucker Gates](https://film.one/person/tucker-gates.md), [Wendey Stanzler](https://film.one/person/wendey-stanzler.md), [Adam Bernstein](https://film.one/person/adam-bernstein.md), [Alex Hardcastle](https://film.one/person/alex-hardcastle.md), [Beth McCarthy-Miller](https://film.one/person/beth-mccarthy-miller.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as director, over 14 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 77 (7), 2010s 77 (5), 2020s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 73 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 10 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 10, Comedy 7, Crime 4, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Family 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Anne_Robinson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456690, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1455688/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/114597

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Bridgerton*](https://film.one/tv/bridgerton.md) (80), [*Orange Is the New Black*](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md) (79), [*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md) (78), [*Suburgatory*](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md) (70), [*Little House on the Prairie*](https://film.one/tv/little-house-on-the-prairie.md) (60)
- **Disney+:** [*The Good Place*](https://film.one/tv/the-good-place.md) (84), [*Grey's Anatomy*](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md) (68)
- **Peacock:** [*Parks and Recreation*](https://film.one/tv/parks-and-recreation.md) (83)
- **HBO Max:** [*Big Love*](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md) (79)
- **Paramount+:** [*Weeds*](https://film.one/tv/weeds.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Julie Anne Robinson

> Julie Anne Robinson's actor-centred television work can make an impossible romance worth caring about. We recommend *Pushing Daisies*, while finding the careful pleasantness of *Little House on the Prairie* harder to warm to.

In *Pushing Daisies* (2007), Lee Pace, Anna Friel and their fellow actors take the silliness seriously enough to make an impossible romance matter. We were moved by that commitment, although the programme's sweetness can become exhausting. Julie Anne Robinson's directing work on the series fits an actor-centred approach built on listening and encouraging ideas on set. We value her handling of difficult mixtures of tone, while remembering that an episodic director cannot take sole credit for a programme's success. The useful thing here is the actors' willingness to play the feelings without apologising for the fanciful story.

Her theatre background helps explain the emphasis on performance, and *Blackpool* (2004) marks an early stage of a television career that expanded into American comedy and drama. She became a frequent choice for pilots, including *The Middle* (2009), and directed the first two episodes of *Bridgerton* (2020). Those opening assignments make sense for someone attentive to actors: a new programme needs a cast that agrees on what sort of story it is telling. *The Last Song* (2010) and *One for the Money* (2012) are her two features, but television remains the larger part of the work. That is where we would start.

*Little House on the Prairie* (2026), another of her television credits, shows the limits of warmth when a programme is reluctant to become untidy. Rebecca Sonnenshine's eight-part adaptation is handsome and gentle, and more honest than the books about whose land this was. But it is too clean and too careful to be much more than pleasant, and the care taken over it does not make it more absorbing. We would suggest it to an interested viewer rather than press it on anyone looking for something to surprise them. For a first encounter with Robinson's television work, try *Pushing Daisies*, and allow yourself a break between episodes.

## On Fi1m (14)

- *Little House on the Prairie* (2026), Fi1m 60, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-house-on-the-prairie.md)
- *Bridgerton* (2020), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/bridgerton.md)
- *The Good Place* (2016), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-place.md)
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *Masters of Sex* (2013), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-sex.md)
- *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), Fi1m 79, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md)
- *Suburgatory* (2011), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md)
- *Parks and Recreation* (2009), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/parks-and-recreation.md)
- *Coming Down the Mountain* (2007), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/coming-down-the-mountain.md)
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *Big Love* (2006), Fi1m 79, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Weeds* (2005), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/weeds.md)
- *Cutting It* (2002), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/cutting-it.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Little House on the Prairie* (2026), series, Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-house-on-the-prairie.md)
- *The Hunting Wives* (2025), series, Director
- *Doctor Who* (2024), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Partner Track* (2022), series, Director
- *Bridgerton* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/bridgerton.md)
- *On Becoming a God in Central Florida* (2019), series, Director
- *I Feel Bad* (2018), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Castle Rock* (2018), series, Director
- *A.P. Bio* (2018), series, Director
- *The Last Tycoon* (2017), series, Director
- *The Good Place* (2016), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-place.md)
- *Roadies* (2016), series, Director
- *The Catch* (2016), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Grace and Frankie* (2015), series, Director
- *Selfie* (2014), series, Producer
- *Manhattan* (2014), series, Director
- *Masters of Sex* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-sex.md)
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md)
- *How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)* (2013), series, Director
- *Scandal* (2012), series, Director
- *One for the Money* (2012), Director
- *Suburgatory* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md)
- *Pan Am* (2011), series, Director
- *2 Broke Girls* (2011), series, Director
- *Scoundrels* (2010), series, Director
- *The Last Song* (2010), Director
- *The Middle* (2009), series, Director
- *Parks and Recreation* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/parks-and-recreation.md)
- *Samantha Who?* (2007), series, Director
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *Private Practice* (2007), series, Director
- *Coming Down the Mountain* (2007), Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/coming-down-the-mountain.md)
- *Goldplated* (2006), series, Director
- *Big Love* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *Emily's Reasons Why Not* (2006), series, Director
- *Weeds* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/weeds.md)
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Blackpool* (2004), series, Director, Writer
- *No Angels* (2004), series, Director
- *Cutting It* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/cutting-it.md)
- *Doctors* (2000), series, Director
- *Holby City* (1999), series, Director

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