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Robert Rodat
Born1953 (age 60-61)
EducationUSC School of Cinematic Arts
Occupation(s)Writer, producer
Years active1992–present

Robert Rodat (born Keene, New Hampshire, 1953[citation needed]) is an American film and television writer and television producer.

Career

Well known for writing Saving Private Ryan (1998), Rodat also wrote The Comrades of Summer (1992), Tall Tale (1995), Fly Away Home with Vince McKewin (1996), and The Patriot (2000). He worked on the revision of the script for the 2008 film 10,000 BC and helped with the story of 2013 film Thor: The Dark World. Rodat also contributed to a screenplay for a film adaptation of Warcraft, work that was ultimately rebooted with the exit of the film's then-attached director, Sam Raimi.[1]

In 2009 Rodat created the TNT science-fiction series Falling Skies, produced by Steven Spielberg. The series did not premiere until summer 2011. It has completed its fourth season, and a fifth and final season was broadcast in the summer of 2015. The show revolves around human survivors of a semi-post apocalyptic world due to an alien invasion.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Warcraft Film". Wowwiki. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  2. ^ "Falling Skies: Getting Inside The Minds Of The Aliens". Seriable. January 17, 2011. Retrieved 2012-08-17. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)