That probably sneaks up on a lot of American viewers - he had a long and extensive filmmaking career before making Robocop.
Thankfully he makes a lot of appearances in NYC - highly recommended, but Lincoln Center usually records and uploads his talks so you can see them on their YouTube channel. A few recommended ones:
He's definitely a filmmaker who's grown on me in recent years. Starship Troopers alone seems very underrated and sadly a film that the country's lived down to thanks to the increasingly warped right wing.
― birdistheword, Sunday, 7 January 2024 19:21 (five months ago) link