- Nickname
- Boston's Only Studio Head
- Robert Patton-Spruill is known for Turntable (2005), Do It Again (2010) and Squeeze (1997). He has been married to Patti Moreno since 1997. They have one child.
- SpousePatti Moreno(1997 - present) (1 child)
- Children
- Owns a dog that was given to him by Ving Rhames.
- Graduated from Boston University's School of Communications.
- Uses his father, actor and teacher James Spruill, in all his films.
- Also, recently was set to direct "Trifecta," an independent crime thriller centered on gambling. The film was to star David Caruso (who also co-wrote the script) but the film never came to fruition.
- Recently directed a music video featuring Chuck D (formerly of "Public Enemy").
- Body Count was one big disaster after another... I was completely unprepared for working within the Hollywood system. I was 25 years old. Youngest person on set. Wasn't prepared for the intensity of what that really meant... I don't really want to get into it. It was a real disaster. Everyday was a disaster, and another disaster, until the disasters were over and we all went home.
- I can't create in Los Angeles. And there's not a big enough film scene in New York to make that worth my while. But here at home, I'm safe. It's like asking Woody Allen to make a movie outside of Manhattan. Boston is where I make films.
- I knew exactly what I was doing with Squeeze.... Squeeze is like a Truffaut movie, The 400 Blows. It's the same thing. It's just set in the 'hood with different-looking kids. Body Count was a job. That was a way to make a living.
- Everyone has this image that I was just sitting on the couch, smoking a joint for the last decade... I had to build a company. To do what I want to, it needs to be sustainable. If you can keep the budgets low enough, you can pretty much guarantee success from a financial standpoint, and thus create sustainability. It took 10 years to put that shit together.
- Body Count (1998) - $300,000
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