Robbie Stamp
{{Short description|British producer}}
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| occupation = Producer
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Robbie Stamp (born 1960) is the former CEO of The Digital Village, a position that came about partly because of his friendship with author Douglas Adams, whose works inspired the site. Stamp was also the executive producer of the movie version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.{{cite news|last=Molitorisz|first=Sacha|title=Don't panic|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/Film/Dont-panic/2005/04/20/1113854258437.html|accessdate=9 June 2011|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=22 April 2005}}
Stamp was a producer of television documentaries when he met Adams. Under his tenure at The Digital Village, the h2g2 project was launched, along with the computer game Starship Titanic.
He is currently Chairman of Bioss International Ltd.{{Cite web|url=http://bioss.com/about/people-and-partners/robbie-stamp/|title = Robbie Stamp}}
Bibliography
- Young, Martin & Stamp, Robbie 1989, Trojan horses : extraordinary stories of deception operations in the Second World War, Bodley Head, London
- Kennett, Sue & Stamp, Robbie & Groman, Jeff & Naden, David 1989, The day war broke out, Marshall Cavendish, [London]
- Prins, Gwyn & Stamp, Robbie & International Film Bureau & Millbank Films 1991, Top guns & toxic whales : the environment & global security, Earthscan Publications; Post Mills, VT : Chelsea Green Pub. Co, London
- Stamp, Robbie & Simpson, Paul, 1963- & Adams, Douglas, 1952-. Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy 2005, The making of The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy : the filming of the Douglas Adams classic, Boxtree, London
References
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External links
- [http://www.douglasadams.se/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3973 Transcript of webchat with Robbie Stamp on April 12, 2005]
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