Bruce Robinson born 2 May 1946 is an English director screenwriter novelist and actor He is arguably most famous for writing and directing the cult classic Withnail and I a film with comic and tragic elements set in London during the 1960s which drew on his experiences as a chronic alcoholic and resting actor living in squalor in Camden Town As an actor he has worked with the likes of Franco Zeffirelli on whom he based the character of Uncle Monty in Withnail and I Ken Russell and François Truffaut In 1998 he returned to acting with a cameo in the 70s rock rival film Still Crazy Robinson currently lives in Herefordshire with his wife Sophie Windham he has two children Lily India b 1986 and Willoughby b 1994 Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Robinson licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia