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Steven I. "Steve" Robman (born September 27, 1944) is an American
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Biography

He graduated from Alexander Hamilton High School in
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(1962),
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(1966), and the
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(1973). He has been married to actress
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since 2003. He was
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of the Phoenix Theatre in
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from 1980 to 1982. He has also staged plays at the
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,
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, the
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,
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, Actors Theatre of Louisville,
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,
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, and the
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. He has directed over 100 hours of television, including dramatic and comedy series as well as movies-of-the-week.


Television directing credits

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Ghost Whisperer ''Ghost Whisperer'' is an American supernatural television series, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005, to May 21, 2010. The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon ( Jennifer Love Hewitt), who has the ability to see and communicate with ...
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Relative Chaos ''Relative Chaos'' is a 2006 television film directed by Steven Robman and starring Christopher Gorham and Nicholas Brendon. It was first broadcast on ABC Family on September 4, 2006. The film score was composed by Danny Lux. Premise At an annu ...
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Hello Sister, Goodbye Life ''Hello Sister, Goodbye Life'' is a 2006 ABC Family original comedy-drama television film based on novelist Claire Scovell LaZebnik's book, '' Same as It Never Was''. Starring Lacey Chabert as Olivia, Wendie Malick as Barbara, Adam Kaufman as J ...
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Picking Up & Dropping Off ''Picking Up & Dropping Off'' is a television film starring Scott Wolf and Amanda Detmer. It premiered on ABC Family in 2003 on their 25 Days of Christmas programming block. Premise A divorced father and a divorced mother start to meet at Den ...
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Charles in Charge ''Charles in Charge'' is an American sitcom television series that premiered on October 3, 1984, on CBS. The series was a production of Al Burton Productions and Scholastic Productions in association with Universal Television and starred Scott B ...
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The Sons of Mistletoe ''The Sons of Mistletoe'' is a Christmas drama television film that aired on CBS on December 19, 2001. A co-production of Canada and the United States, the film was directed by Steven Robman and written by Darrah Cloud. It stars Roma Downey, Geo ...
'' * '' Time of Your Life'' * ''
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'' * ''Blood on Her Hands'' * ''
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'' * '' Moloney'' * ''
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References

* "Steven Robman." ''Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television''. Vol. 90.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Robman, Steven American television directors Living people 1944 births Yale School of Drama alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Film directors from Los Angeles Alexander Hamilton High School (Los Angeles) alumni