Which film director is best known for the movie "Alvin Purple", Mark Robson or Tim Burstall?
Mark Robson Mark Robson (4 December 1913 – 20 June 1978) was a Canadian-born film director, producer and editor. Robson began his 45-year career in Hollywood as a film editor. He later began working as a director and producer. He directed thirty-four films during his career including "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" (1955), "Peyton Place" (1957), for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination, "Von Ryan's Express" (1965) and "Valley of the Dolls" (1967).
May Robson Mary Jeanette Robison (19 April 1858 – 20 October 1942) known professionally as May Robson, was an Australian-born American-based actress, whose career spanned 58 years, starting in 1883 when she was 25 years of age. A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th century, Robson is best known today for the dozens of 1930s motion pictures she appeared in when she was well into her seventies, usually playing cross old ladies with hearts of gold.