Rob Tobin
Rob Tobin
Huntington Beach, California • 714-717-4289/scripts@earthlink.net
Resume
Screenwriting
• Feature script “Camel Wars” in development with “Die Hard” director John McTiernan attached to direct, $40 million budget in place, 2011 release date.
• Polish and consult on “Dam 999,” major Indian feature film scheduled to start production March, 2010.
• “Better Than Human,” feature drama written for Living Earth Productions.
• “Across the Red Line,” comedy/action feature rewritten for the Cannell Studios.
• “Guard of Honor,” treatment written for the Cannell Studios and Midnight Soldiers Prods (based on bestselling novel).
• “Zen Cowboy,” feature comedy written for Triad Films.
• “Time for Joy,” sitcom pilot and one episode written for Riviera Entertainment.
• “I Love Ludo,” half-hour sitcom pilot, written for Bu West Productions.
• 14 spec feature scripts completed, various genres
• 2 short scripts completed
Books
• How to Write High Structure, High Concept Movies (Xlibris Press).
• Screenwriting: The Formula (Writers Digest Books).
• Quebracho.
• The Statue Moves.
• God Wars: Living With Angels, Book One of the God Wars Series.
DVDs
• “The Seven Essential Elements of a Successful Screenplay” (Creative Screenwriting Magazine, produced 2005)
• “Credible Dialogue” (Creative Screenwriting Magazine, produced 2006)
Screenwriting Competitions
• Best Screenplay, Telluride Indiefest (2004)
• Semi-Finalist, Project Greenlight ((2004)
• Semi-Finalist, American Screenwriting Competition (2006)
• Quarter Finalist, Page Screenwriting Competition (2006)
• Quarter Finalist American Screenwriting Competition (2006)
• Quarter Finalist Screenwriting Expo Screenwriting Competition (2005)
Related Experience
• VP of Development, Interpreter Films & Management/Writers Boot Camp
• Director of Development, Motion Picture Division, The Cannell Studios
• Director of Development, Midnight Soldiers Productions
• Story Editor, Freddie Fields Productions
• Freelance reader, TriStar, Interscope, Spelling, Turner, HBO, Goldwyn, et al.
Education
• M.A. in Professional Writing, USC, Los Angeles, CA
• B.A. in Creative Writing, UVic, Victoria, Canada
Huntington Beach, California • 714-717-4289/scripts@earthlink.net
Resume
Screenwriting
• Feature script “Camel Wars” in development with “Die Hard” director John McTiernan attached to direct, $40 million budget in place, 2011 release date.
• Polish and consult on “Dam 999,” major Indian feature film scheduled to start production March, 2010.
• “Better Than Human,” feature drama written for Living Earth Productions.
• “Across the Red Line,” comedy/action feature rewritten for the Cannell Studios.
• “Guard of Honor,” treatment written for the Cannell Studios and Midnight Soldiers Prods (based on bestselling novel).
• “Zen Cowboy,” feature comedy written for Triad Films.
• “Time for Joy,” sitcom pilot and one episode written for Riviera Entertainment.
• “I Love Ludo,” half-hour sitcom pilot, written for Bu West Productions.
• 14 spec feature scripts completed, various genres
• 2 short scripts completed
Books
• How to Write High Structure, High Concept Movies (Xlibris Press).
• Screenwriting: The Formula (Writers Digest Books).
• Quebracho.
• The Statue Moves.
• God Wars: Living With Angels, Book One of the God Wars Series.
DVDs
• “The Seven Essential Elements of a Successful Screenplay” (Creative Screenwriting Magazine, produced 2005)
• “Credible Dialogue” (Creative Screenwriting Magazine, produced 2006)
Screenwriting Competitions
• Best Screenplay, Telluride Indiefest (2004)
• Semi-Finalist, Project Greenlight ((2004)
• Semi-Finalist, American Screenwriting Competition (2006)
• Quarter Finalist, Page Screenwriting Competition (2006)
• Quarter Finalist American Screenwriting Competition (2006)
• Quarter Finalist Screenwriting Expo Screenwriting Competition (2005)
Related Experience
• VP of Development, Interpreter Films & Management/Writers Boot Camp
• Director of Development, Motion Picture Division, The Cannell Studios
• Director of Development, Midnight Soldiers Productions
• Story Editor, Freddie Fields Productions
• Freelance reader, TriStar, Interscope, Spelling, Turner, HBO, Goldwyn, et al.
Education
• M.A. in Professional Writing, USC, Los Angeles, CA
• B.A. in Creative Writing, UVic, Victoria, Canada