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 co-written include 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 documentary films have premiered in the following film festivals:

• Telluride Film Festival: Hollywood Don't Surf! (2011) North American Premiere
• Cannes Film Festival: Hollywood Don't Surf! (2010)
• South by Southwest: Slasher (2004)
• Slamdance Film Festival: The Girl Next Door (1999).^[8][9][10]

Filmography

• 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)

References

1. ^ The Mac Weekly: Comment posted by alumnus Chris Kobin 11/16/07
2. ^ Indeworks: "Chris Kobin joins INDEWORKS to develop film and television properties"(January 2006)
3. ^ Automotive Digest: "Chris Kobin, a former used-car salesman"
4. ^ VH1: Kobin filmography
5. ^ Movies.Msn: Kobin's filmography and associations
6. ^ Girls and Corpses: Tim Sullivan goes into great detail explaining the chemistry between he and Kobin as writers
7. ^ Upcoming Horror Films: Confirmation by Sullivan that he and Kobin are creating the sequel to 2001 Maniacs
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10. ^ [3]

External links

• Chris Kobin at the Internet Movie Database
• New York Times: Chris Kobin filmography
• InBaseline: filmography
• Rotten Tomatoes: celebrity profile
• Fandango: superb filmography

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