Biography

Robert Anthony Slocum II, is an American Film Director, Producer, Actor, author, Businessman & Entrepreneur.

Born February 15, 1987 in Atlanta, Georgia to Robert Slocum Sr (Georgia) and Tanya Arnold-Crowder (Connecticut).After graduating from High School, Robert Attended Savannah State University Georgia's oldest HBCU studying Criminal Justice. It was there Robert starred in AWOL's "Hip Hop History Play" and "A Raisin In The Sun" both directed by the late Clinton Powell. After the two successful plays, Robert became in high demand in the Savannah scene, but he relocated back to Atlanta. Robert had a strong security background which lead him to briefly being a bodyguard for both Chris and Kyle Massey, and Raven Symone. Not long after returning to Atlanta, Robert wrote his fist book Paid Dues under Sevyn McCray Presents publishing. The book went on to become best seller in Urban Crime and Fiction. From there Robert received his first paying gig as; Writer, director, producer, and leading actor in the stage play "Gangsta: to be or not to be" The Arthur Powell Story. Taking on that many roles for a production threw Robert in the fire, but he enjoyed it. This made him start Eyes Glued Productions in 2012, saying "He wanted his audience glued to whatever production he was presenting". Robert's first attempt to film a feature length was the titled film "Dancers For Money" starring Atlanta rap legend Kilo Ali. Robert failed to complete the film due to funding, but caught the eye of the late great rapper Shawty Lo who enlisted Robert to do his life story before his untimely death. After receiving advice from fellow Actor Tony Bravado "Film with limited locations and limited actors, tell a good story) Robert filmed his first successful short "Tonk" from there Robert wanted to attack a feature length project, so he teamed up with another talented young filmmaker Jaloni Jackson and the made the movie "The Enemy of My Enemy" . Robert was discovered by Atlanta Legend Ali Baqaar and Hip Hop hall of fame one half of the Grammy winning Diamond recording OutKast Andre "Big Boi" Patton and are working on multiple projects. Robert just released his powerful short "Their War On Us" a film based on police brutality and has the romantic comedy short "The Test" in post-production.
- IMDb mini biography by: Robert Slocum