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, turned down an offer from a Century City law firm and became a car salesman while trying to break into Hollywood.The Mac Weekly: Comment posted by alumnus Chris Kobin 11/16/07Indeworks: "Chris Kobin joins INDEWORKS to develop film and television properties"(January 2006) 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 written or co-written include Gothic Harvest (2019), 2001 Maniacs (2005), Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2006), Driftwood (2006. and 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (2010).Girls and Corpses: Tim Sullivan goes into great detail explaining the chemistry between him and Kobin as writersUpcoming Horror Films: Confirmation by Sullivan that he and Kobin are creating the sequel to 2001 Maniacs
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).https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118018426.html?categoryId=3628
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
External links
New York Times: Chris Kobin filmography InBaseline: filmography