PERSONAL DETAILS
- Born in Essex, England
- Raised in the Republic of Ireland
- Married with 2 children
- Permanently resident in Athens, Greece
- Obtained Greek citizenship in 2004
EDUCATION
- Dublin University – Trinity College – ΒΑ/ΜΑ
- Dublin Drama School
- Lancaster University ΜΑ
QUALIFICATIONS
- 1971 Dublin Drama school
- 1972 BA Hons in Modern Languages & Literature (French and Spanish) (Dublin University – TCD)
- 1973 H.Dip.Ed. Hons. (French and English) (Dublin University – TCD)
- 1978 RSA Dip. TEFL (through British Council Athens)
- 1994 Dip.Trans (Greek-English) (Literature and Humanities) (Institute of Linguists London)
- 1995 MA in Modern Languages (Dublin University – TCD)
- 2001 MA in Creative Writing (Lancaster University)
EMPLOYMENT
- 1973- Present – Teacher of English
- 1985-Present – Actor & Voice for documentaries, commercials, corporate video, corporate presentations, film, etc.
- 1985-Present – Translator –
- 1985-Present – Writer – EFL textbooks – EFL Readers – Fiction –
WRITING
- The GCE O-Level Course Book (originally published by Burlington) currently published by Danos Publications
- Count Vlad, Frankenstein, The Man in the Iron Mask, The Phantom of the Opera and others published by Express Publishing
- Fo’s Baby (a novel) (2011)
- Turtle Hawks a novel ( 2011)
- Πριν αφήσεις τον ήλιο να μπεί stories around Dramatherapy (2014, Νεφέλη)
- Larger Than Life stories around dramatherapy (Karnac, 2017)
- Before You Let the Sun in stories around dramatherapy (Sphinx, 2018)
- Ο Χορός των Σωμάτων stories around dramatherapy (Έρμα, 2018)
- Break, Break, Break a novel (Authoraide, 2022)
- The Frankenstein Legacy a novel (Authoraide, 2023)
- The Reluctant Messiah a novel (Authoraide, 2023)
- On the Side of the Angels a novel (Authoraide, 2023)
- Under the Olive Tree a novel (Authoraide, 2023)
- The Adventures of Jackie and Jovie a children’s novel (Authoraide, 2023)
- The Return of the Dissolute Son: Or Breaking the Vicious Cycle (Rogue Phoenix, 2024)
List of stories, articles and poems published by Ian Douglas Robertson
- The Athens Players – MADE IN GREECE – (1988)
- On a Sunny Spring Day – The Bunbury Issue 14 (October 2016)
- The Anniversary Dinner – The Goat’s Milk magazine (05/21)
- I will give up my life for you … – Terror House magazine (5/1/22)
- Philomena – Discretionary Love (4/22)
- Hope in Greyness (a poem) – The Poet – (01/23)
- At 7.37 – Poetry for Mental Health – The Poet magazine – Featured poem – 25/03/23
- Going Home, The Saint in the Cell, A Day in Delphi, Dad, The Wall at Terrarath –
- Poet of the month of May 2023. The Poet
- Pamela Loves Charlie – Discretionary Love – 15/06/23
- Murder – Lunaris – 17 July 2023
- The Hand of God – The Book of Matches Issue 9 – September 2023
- Bad Debts – Ariel Chart – October 2023
- The Workaholic – Down in the Dirt – March 2024
- Death of an Undertaker – The Malu Zine – 6/1/24
- Jack – Hunter’s Affects 27/1/24
- At the Graveside – October Hill Magazine – 15/1/24
- Forging an Identity – StylusLit – published οn March 1st 2024.
- Catty – Literally Stories – published 12th March 2024
- A Secret Love The Literary Times – 28-3-24
- The New Teacher Phenomenal Literature Volume 8 Issue 2 3-5-24
- A Basketful of Vegetables Active Muse – 25-5-24
- Losing Life – Vine Leaves Press – story 1483 – to be published
- Fading – The Heartland Review – 2024
- A Leap of Faith – Vine Leaves Press – to be published 2024
- Life – Scars Publication – October 2024 Issue – (released 1/10/24)
- Nanny Burrows’ Potions – Alpaka literary magazine – 2024
- The Tragic Death of a Robot – Ink in Thirds – March 19, 2025
- Words are like Arrows – Vine Leaves Press – to be published – number 1555 to be published 2024
ACTING
1978-1996: Founded the Athens Players in 1978. Took lead roles in about 30 productions.
1995: Bat Tale – (short film Δεληβοριάς)
1997: The Boys – the Writer (feature film)
1997: The Sentinels of Darkness – (feature film)
2003: Professor David Hilbert in Incompleteness a play by Απόστολος Δοξιάδης.
2003: The Cruise of the Gods – Pigtail (feature film)
2003-2009: Lead roles in children’s plays written and produced by The English Theatre Club.
2007-2008: Puppet theatre.
2009: George Horton in Matomena Homata a TV series (Greek series Κ. Κουτσομύτης)
2009: American music producer in a serialized version of The Life of Mikis Thodorakis, 2009 (film Κατωμερής).
2009: ColonelJohn Lewis in Psychi Vathia (feature film Π. Βούλγαρης)
2010: The music producer in the TV series Mila Mou Vromika (Greek series)
2012: Memory Reloaded a short film (won awards at Drama Festival and others)
2013: Darleen a short film
2013: Voices in Mikra Anglia (Vulgaris) and God Loves Caviar (Smaragdis)
2016: To Soi Sou – Tourist (Greek series)
2016: Ethniki Ellados – President of the World Curling Association (Greeks series)
2017: Light Fingers a feature film – Professor Audley – feature film (Bob McClean)
2018: Fosforise a feature film – Mr. John –
2019: Lino cartoon – voice of Henry Topper. (Brazilian cartoon)
2019: Adults in the Room – Slovak Minister (feature film Κ. Γαβράς)
2019: Born to be Murdered – Medical Exαminer (feature film)
2021: Σμύρνη Μου Αγαπημένη – Whittle (a Greek series)
2022: Dahab – Juilliard Musician (Lebanese series)
2023: Farewell Marianne – Canadian Ambassador (a Norwegian series)
TV Commercials: Among others: Mr Breakfast (1990), COSMOTE (2002), Vitaline (2003), Kallimanis (2004) Aegean (2006) HellenicPost Bank (2009) Lidll (2009) EOT (2009) Vodaphone (2009) Yiotis (2010) Eurobank (2010), Alpha Bank (2016), Cosmote (2016), Superfoods (2017), Alpha Bank (2022), Pollfish (2022), 3 Cent (2022), etc.
Documentaries involving acting:
- Journalist and interviewer (key character) in A Team is Born June 2004
- British Tourist (lead role) in Oh Athens!, a 45-minute film – distribution 2008
VOICE WORK
Narration
- documentaries directed by N.Matsas, P.Zenellis, L.Danikas, D. Sofianopoulos, etc.
- a cartoon film entitled Two Waves by Eugene Trivizas
- children’s books
TV Commercials include The Bostonians, Dimple, Braun, Scandal, Cutty Sark, Ballantines, Johnny Walker, Evrognosi, Algida, Carrier AC, Cultural Olympiad (CNN), Martini, STR8, Chipicao, etc.
Voices for ELT book publishers: Express Publishing, Grivas, New Editions, Macmillan, MM, Betsis, Supercourse, Hamilton House, Cengage, etc.
Dubbing includes work for: Koundouros, Eurosport, Artoon, TV commercials, etc.
Corporate Videos: Over 2,000.