Biography

Tyler B. Robinson is an Emmy® winning Production Designer who moved to Portland, Oregon in 1998 following a prolonged series of adventures ranging from Honorable Service in the U.S. Army to international hitchhiking trips and seasonal employment to support a snowboarding habit. His time as a reconnaissance squad leader and weapons specialist in the Army honed his natural tendencies toward leadership, efficient communication and structure through chain of command. After his Honorable Discharge, he adopted a vagabond lifestyle which further developed his instinct for creative problem solving, the ability to quickly adapt to unpredictable changes, and a keen sense of budget. Once settled in Portland, he used the G.I. Bill to attend Portland Community College and obtained an internship at Food Chain Films, which sparked the beginning of his design-based film career.

Working locally, he cut his teeth on commercials, independent films and webisodes before being offered the TV pilot for IFC's Portlandia, which he continued to production design through season five. Robinson and his team have won several awards for their work on the series, including a Primetime Emmy and two Art Director’s Guild awards. Tyler continued to work with Portlandia director, Jonathan Krisel, on FX’s Baskets, which filmed in Los Angeles where he then went on to design the first 2 seasons of HBO’s Barry, for which he received another Emmy nomination.

Some of Robinson's feature film credits include Pig, The Kings of Summer, and the cult hit, The FP.  When reviewing The Kings of Summer, film critic Christopher Redmond of Dear Cast & Crew said of Robinson’s work, "Your production design in this film isn't just impressive - it's moving.  Like an emotional time capsule, each set piece transported me back into adolescence.  Not by recreating a specific era, but by evoking an overall feeling."

In his spare time, Tyler enjoys his home in the Pacific Northwest, traversing Portland by bicycle, playing pinball in local barcades, practicing recreational archery, gardening, solving escape rooms and spending quality time on his catio with his two cats Willis & Ripple-Bean. He also volunteers with his local Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) and his local chapter of the American Red Cross.

Tyler’s most recent project is called the Shaky Grounds Cafe which is an immersive escape room experience that teaches players real-life emergency preparedness skills through interactive gameplay. It is available to play now in the Portland area.