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Robbie Collin
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<p>Robbie Collin is a British <a href="/facts/List_of_film_critics/wRMh0zT2">film critic</a>. </p><p>Collin studied <a href="/facts/Aesthetics/FSD8f7oF">aesthetics</a> and the <a href="/facts/Philosophy_of_film/Er71CcFA">philosophy of film</a> at the <a href="/facts/University_of_St_Andrews/IwXjmljw">University of St Andrews</a>, <a href="/facts/Scotland/VGwbbxB2">Scotland</a>. He edited the university's student newspaper, <i><a href="/facts/The_Saint_(UK_newspaper)/XxYmVryJ">The Saint</a></i>. </p><p>Collin has been the chief film critic at <i><a href="/facts/The_Daily_Telegraph/aHa5nNw5">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> since 2011. From 2007 to 2011 he wrote a weekly film column for the <i><a href="/facts/News_of_the_World/tfpQXM9m">News of the World</a></i> until the newspaper's closure. That year he was shortlisted for Critic of the Year at the British <a href="/facts/British_Press_Awards/m6mNgkpC">Press Awards</a>, and was shortlisted again in 2017, when he was highly commended by the jury. </p><p>He appeared on the <a href="/facts/Channel_4/qosXcrpc">Channel 4</a> <i>Vue Film Show</i>, presented by <a href="/facts/Edith_Bowman/waagEQUr">Edith Bowman</a>, and contributed to the <a href="/facts/BBC_Radio_2/UgDIGMh0">BBC Radio 2</a> Arts Show with <a href="/facts/Claudia_Winkleman/zvChKUWg">Claudia Winkleman</a>. In August 2013 he guest presented <a href="/facts/BBC_Radio_4/7jFBld49">BBC Radio 4</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/Film..._(TV_programme)/YmtVxs6q">Film</a></i> programme. He guest-presents <i><a href="/facts/Kermode_and_Mayo%2527s_Film_Review/oh0oDIkY">Kermode and Mayo's Film Review</a></i>, also with <a href="/facts/Edith_Bowman/waagEQUr">Edith Bowman</a>, <a href="/facts/Sanjeev_Bhaskar/0VG91jxI">Sanjeev Bhaskar</a> and <a href="/facts/Ben_Bailey_Smith/NHhv0Xww">Ben Bailey Smith</a>. </p><p>In 2018 Collin compiled a list of the 100 greatest films of all time for the <i>Telegraph</i>, with <i><a href="/facts/Singin%2527_in_the_Rain/SWQSlRHI">Singin' in the Rain</a></i> at number one. </p>