Chris Kobin
Chris Kobin is a screenwriter and film producer living in Los Angeles, California.
Personal
Kobin, a graduate of Ridgewood High School (New Jersey), Macalester College and Loyola Law School[citation needed], turned down an offer from a Century City law firm and became a car salesman while trying to break into Hollywood.[1][2][3] The John Landis film Slasher: an IFC Original was based on Kobin's experiences traveling the country staging "slasher sales".
Career
Kobin has produced the Made-For-TV Movies Payback ABC TV (1997), A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle CBS TV(2000), and Slasher: an IFC Original (2004).[4] Feature Films which Kobin has written or co-written include Gothic Harvest (2019), 2001 Maniacs (2005), Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2006), Driftwood (2006.[5] and 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (2010).[6][7]
Film Festival Premieres
Kobin's films have premiered in the following film festivals:
- Screamfest Horror Film Festival: Gothic Harvest (2019)
- Telluride Film Festival: Hollywood Don't Surf! (2011) North American Premiere
- Cannes Film Festival: Hollywood Don't Surf! (2010)
- Screamfest Horror Film Festival: Snoop Doggs Hood of Horror (2006)
- South by Southwest: Slasher (2004)
- Slamdance Film Festival: The Girl Next Door (1999).[8][9][10]
Filmography
- The Hart Family Tragedy (2020)
- Gothic Harvest (2019)
- Hollywood Don't Surf! (2011)
- 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (2010)
- Driftwood (2006)
- Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2006)
- 2001 Maniacs (2005)
- Slasher: an IFC Original (2004)
- A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle (2000)
- The Girl Next Door (1999)
- Payback (1997)
Television Series
- Flipping Vegas A&E Network (2011 - 2014)
References
- ^ The Mac Weekly: Comment posted by alumnus Chris Kobin 11/16/07[permanent dead link]
- ^ Indeworks: "Chris Kobin joins INDEWORKS to develop film and television properties"(January 2006) Archived June 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Automotive Digest: "Chris Kobin, a former used-car salesman"
- ^ VH1: Kobin filmography
- ^ "Movies.Msn: Kobin's filmography and associations". Archived from the original on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ Girls and Corpses: Tim Sullivan goes into great detail explaining the chemistry between him and Kobin as writers
- ^ Upcoming Horror Films: Confirmation by Sullivan that he and Kobin are creating the sequel to 2001 Maniacs Archived June 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
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