Rob Tobin
714-717-4289 — scripts@earthlink.net — robtobinwriting.com
RESUME
Screenwriting
— “Dam 999,” $10 million feature released by Warner Brothers, November 2011, shortlisted for 2012 Best Picture Academy Award.
— “Vengeance, ” $25 million feature in pre-production, fully funded.
— “Freedom Café,” in development with Cinigi Lighthouse.
— “Performing Love,” in development with Cinigi Lighthouse.
— “Camel Wars,” $40 million feature in development, Xoom Entertainment, John McTiernan attached to direct.
— “Better Than Human,” feature drama written for Living Earth Productions.
— “Across the Red Line,” sports action feature rewritten for the Cannell Studios.
— “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.
— 21spec feature scripts completed, various genres
Books
— How to Write High Structure, High Concept Movies (Xlibris Press).
— Screenwriting: The Formula (Writers Digest Books).
— God Wars: Living With Angels, (Echelon Press, 2011).
— Jo-Bri and the Two Worlds, (Book Baby, 2012).
DVDs
— “The Seven Essential Elements of a Successful Screenplay” (Creative Screenwriting Magazine, produced 2005)
— “Credible Dialogue” (Creative Screenwriting Magazine, produced 2006)
Screenwriting Competitions
— Multiple Award winner, Written Word Award, Action on Film Festival (2011)
— Finalist, Los Angeles All Sports Film Festival (2011)
— Finalist, First Scene Screenwriting Competition (2011)
— Best Screenplay, Telluride Indiefest (2004)
— Semi-Finalist, Project Greenlight ((2004)
— Semi-Finalist, American Screenwriting Competition (2006)
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 script analyst, 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
