Robert Vince

Robert Vince (born April 8, 1962) is a Canadian director, producer, writer and screenwriter. He has been involved in movie production since the late 1980s and has been directing movies since 2000, such as MVP: Most Valuable Primate, the Air Buddies series, and Chestnut: Hero of Central Park.

Career Vince is a native of Vancouver and CEO of Key Pix Productions. Much of Vince's work deals with children and talking dog/animal franchises, most notably his directorial work for the Air Bud and Buddies series. His directing credits include all of the Buddies franchise films, in addition the Santa Paws subseries, the MVP series, and the Pup Star series.

Vince was previously affiliated with Keystone Entertainment, where he produced, co-wrote and directed more than 33 films, primarily in partnership with Disney, Miramax and Warner Bros. Vince has two sons and splits his time between his two main offices in Malibu and Vancouver.

Personal life Vince is the brother of William Vince, who was also a producer. Robert graduated Class of 1985 from Mount Allison University.

Filmography Films Year Title Director Writer Producer 1999 The Duke 2000 MVP: Most Valuable Primate Air Bud: World Pup 2001 MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate 2002 Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch 2003 Spymate Air Bud: Spikes Back 2004 MXP: Most Xtreme Primate Chestnut: Hero of Central Park 2006 Air Buddies 2008 Snow Buddies 2009 Space Buddies Santa Buddies 2010 The Search for Santa Paws 2011 Spooky Buddies 2012 Treasure Buddies Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups 2013 Super Buddies 2015 Russell Madness 2016 Monkey Up Pup Star 2017 Pup Star: Better 2Gether 2018 Pup Star: World Tour Puppy Star Christmas

Producer only Millenium (1989) (Co-producer) Cafe Romeo (1991) Black Ice (1992) Tomcat: Dangerous Desires (1993) Anything for Love (1993) Bulletproof Heart (1995) Malicious (1995) The Final Cut (1995) Underworld (1996) Air Bud (1997) Hoods (1998) Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998)

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