Life and work
Mark Robson was a film director, producer, and editor from Canada. Born: 4 December 1913. Died: 20 June 1978. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: Canada.
Director · Producer · 1913–1978
Mark Robson
Mark Robson was a film director, producer, and editor from Canada. Born on 4 December 1913, this profile follows Mark Robson through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Earthquake (1974). The location trail reaches Hollywood Reservoir · Mulholland Dam. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
← All peopleFollow the geography ↓Earthquake · Hollywood Reservoir · Mulholland Dam
Mark Robson is credited as director and producer on Earthquake. The work’s existing location story leads to Hollywood Reservoir · Mulholland Dam. The dam is depicted in a fictional disaster sequence; the real reservoir remains a separate, working site.
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
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Hollywood Reservoir · Mulholland Dam ↗︎
Earthquake
The dam is depicted in a fictional disaster sequence; the real reservoir remains a separate, working site.
Lake Hollywood Drive
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1913-12-04 1978-06-20
Born 4 December 1913
Died 20 June 1978
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WORKS
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Earthquake
Mark Robson
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Los Angeles ↗︎
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PEOPLE IN THE STORY
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Charlton Heston ↗︎
Charlton Heston was an American actor. Born on 4 October 1923, this profile follows Charlton Heston through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Planet of the Apes (1968), Earthquake (1974) and True Lies (1994). The location trail reaches Point Dume, Malibu Creek State Park and Hollywood Reservoir · Mulholland Dam. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
John Williams ↗︎
John Williams is an American composer and conductor. Born on 8 February 1932, this profile follows John Williams through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Long Goodbye (1973), Earthquake (1974) and Home Alone — Chicago (1990). The location trail reaches RMS Queen Mary, Lincoln Heights Jail and Hollywood Reservoir · Mulholland Dam, with existing stories in Chicago. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.