Robbie J. Atkinson
- Director
- Writer
Born Priscilla J.R. Atkinson, Robbie J. Atkinson is renowned for her avant-garde story-telling. Atkinson stands out for her innovative approach to weaving intricate red-herrings and injecting a dramatic essence into genres such as thriller, action and sci-fi that elevates the complexity of the characters and plot. Her films and graphic novels alike use fictional backdrops as a landscape for allegorical commentary about race, class, and culture. She is the writer/director of the short psychological horror film "Kalimba" as well as the creator/author of the hit manga series "The Seventh Kingdom: Fukushuu no Oukoku". Despite her penchant for dark thematic undertones, her stories centralize hope, connection, resilience and authenticity.
Despite having spent seven years of her early schooling preparing to be a professional cellist, she decided to pursue Film upon entering college in 2012. However, in an effort to keep in touch with her passion for music, she also picked up a job as a DJ at Album 88.5, provided private cello lessons to fellow college students and was also a part-time middle school music instructor while en route to completing her degree. Atkinson studied abroad to France and South Korea--studying French language, Korean language and Korean cinema. Eventually, she graduated with her Bachelors in Film & Video and a minor in Music from Georgia State University in 2016. Immediately afterwards, she returned to school for her Masters' degree in Digital production and successfully completed her studies two years later.
After graduating, she picked up various odd jobs--this ranged from working as a PA on both large and small film sets [Macguyver 2016, The First Lady 2021 and A Loud Christmas 2021], to freelance work through her production company "RPX Media Production," and even began working as Videographer and Editor for local Atlanta organizations including the nonprofit Kollaboration, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival and the local dance crew Movement As One. By 2018, she held a full-time day job as a Teaching Aide for K-5th grade's Special Education and Autism sector while balancing additional work in the K-pop industry. With ATLocal Entertainment, she traveled across the US as she edited and filmed promotional videos for internationally famous Korean artists like BeWhy, Dok2, Oh My Girl, and M.O.N.T.
By 2020, she had parted ways with ATLocal while pushing for more creative and challenging commercial projects for RPX. She began directing spec commercials, music videos and art-house short films that integrated choreography designed by the K-Pop Dance Company Peacemaker. Meanwhile, she also felt the pressing need to start a nonprofit. The Foundation for Inter-Ethnic Restoration [FIER, pronounced "fire"] was created in lieu of the global pandemic (Covid-19), the erupting International Black Lives Matter Movement which shed light on racial tension, trauma and xenophobia within America.
In 2023, she pursued the Directing Track of Sundance Film Festival's educational Institute 'Sundance Collab'--studying under instructors like Owen Egerton, Tessa Blake (American Horror Story) and many others. That same year, she made her professional narrative directorial debut with the psychological/elevated horror short film "Kalimba" which she co-wrote with her late father. She also expanded her repertoire as a writer by launching her first manga series, "The Seventh Kingdom" in collaboration with a UK based illustrator who served as an editor for Shueisha Inc--the parent company for Viz Media.
Despite having spent seven years of her early schooling preparing to be a professional cellist, she decided to pursue Film upon entering college in 2012. However, in an effort to keep in touch with her passion for music, she also picked up a job as a DJ at Album 88.5, provided private cello lessons to fellow college students and was also a part-time middle school music instructor while en route to completing her degree. Atkinson studied abroad to France and South Korea--studying French language, Korean language and Korean cinema. Eventually, she graduated with her Bachelors in Film & Video and a minor in Music from Georgia State University in 2016. Immediately afterwards, she returned to school for her Masters' degree in Digital production and successfully completed her studies two years later.
After graduating, she picked up various odd jobs--this ranged from working as a PA on both large and small film sets [Macguyver 2016, The First Lady 2021 and A Loud Christmas 2021], to freelance work through her production company "RPX Media Production," and even began working as Videographer and Editor for local Atlanta organizations including the nonprofit Kollaboration, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival and the local dance crew Movement As One. By 2018, she held a full-time day job as a Teaching Aide for K-5th grade's Special Education and Autism sector while balancing additional work in the K-pop industry. With ATLocal Entertainment, she traveled across the US as she edited and filmed promotional videos for internationally famous Korean artists like BeWhy, Dok2, Oh My Girl, and M.O.N.T.
By 2020, she had parted ways with ATLocal while pushing for more creative and challenging commercial projects for RPX. She began directing spec commercials, music videos and art-house short films that integrated choreography designed by the K-Pop Dance Company Peacemaker. Meanwhile, she also felt the pressing need to start a nonprofit. The Foundation for Inter-Ethnic Restoration [FIER, pronounced "fire"] was created in lieu of the global pandemic (Covid-19), the erupting International Black Lives Matter Movement which shed light on racial tension, trauma and xenophobia within America.
In 2023, she pursued the Directing Track of Sundance Film Festival's educational Institute 'Sundance Collab'--studying under instructors like Owen Egerton, Tessa Blake (American Horror Story) and many others. That same year, she made her professional narrative directorial debut with the psychological/elevated horror short film "Kalimba" which she co-wrote with her late father. She also expanded her repertoire as a writer by launching her first manga series, "The Seventh Kingdom" in collaboration with a UK based illustrator who served as an editor for Shueisha Inc--the parent company for Viz Media.
