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Name
  
Chris Kobin


Role
  
Screenwriter

Chris Kobin

Education
  
Loyola Law School, Ridgewood High School, Macalester College

Movies
  
2001 Maniacs, 2001 Maniacs: Beverly H, Driftwood, Hood of Horror, Hollywood Don't Surf!

Similar
  
Tim Sullivan, Adam Robitel, Lin Shaye, Stacy Title, Scott Spiegel

Chris Kobin is a screenwriter and film producer living in Los Angeles, California.

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Personal

Kobin, a graduate of Ridgewood High School (New Jersey), Macalester College and Loyola Law School, turned down an offer from a Century City law firm and became a car salesman while trying to break into Hollywood. 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). Feature Films which Kobin has co-written include 2001 Maniacs (2005), Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2006), Driftwood (2006). and 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (2010).

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).
  • 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 - 2014)
  • References

    Chris Kobin Wikipedia