Robin Christian on Ed Asner, Auschwitz, and Why One Life Is Enough

"Nobody cares about your story, whether you're a writer of books or screenwriting.", Robin Christian

Welcome Robin Christian:We're joined on the Starline by a filmmaker who refuses to pick a lane: horror, holiday, musical, true story. The horror-thriller "Below," brings bull sharks to landlocked Illinois. We welcome Robin Christian.

Robin, let’s go Beyond the Mic. You've made a bull-shark thriller, a Christmas drama, and a musical, horror. How does your movie making range fit, or does it not fit anywhere on purpose?

"Below" was shot nowhere near an ocean. What's the hardest part of pulling off a genre movie like that on an independent budget, project after project?

You've proven you can make almost anything. But why?

Champaign-Urbana keeps showing up as your home base for shooting. What does that town give you that LA or Canada never could?

One Ed Asner’s last movies was with you. How did his presence change you?

How did you meet Ed?

The Rockin' 8:Filmmaker Robin Christian joins us for the Rockin' 8, 8 random questions, just trust your first instinct. There is no Pressure.

1. C.O.R.N. stands for the Collective Order of Recreational Necrophilanthropists. Who in the hell came up with that name?

2. You worked as a laborer for Habitat for Humanity for over two years. What was the skill from a construction site that you still use on a film set?

3. You married Cathy on November 7, 1987. What's one thing about that day you still remember clearly?