Bob Forward Explained

Bob Forward
Birth Date:	1958
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Television writer, novelist, film producer, screenwriter, television director

Robert D. Forward (born 1958) is an American writer, producer, and director. He is the production director and president of his independent company, Detonation Films.^{[1] [2]} Forward has been the writer of many animated television series, as well as a film, The Owl, based on his novel of the same name, which was republished in 2014.

Forward is the son of the Robert L. Forward, who was an American physicist and science fiction writer. His sister is Eve Forward. Forward currently resides in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, while Detonation Films is located in Simi Valley, California. Forward is also known to have registered at least one patent under his name.^[3]

Filmography

Writer

• series head writer denoted in bold

Year(s)	Title	Notes
1984–1985	He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
1985	The Secret of the Sword	Television special
1985		Television special
1985–1987
1986
1986	Filmation’s Ghostbusters
1987–1988	BraveStarr
1988
1988	Slimer!
1988–1989	COPS
1989	Ring Raiders
1989	The Legend of Zelda
1990–1992	Captain Planet and the Planeteers	developed by
1991	G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
1991	Hammerman
1992
1992	Defenders of Dynatron City	Television pilot
1993	Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
1993	Double Dragon
1993–1994	Biker Mice from Mars
1993–1994	Exosquad
1994	Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills
1994–1995	Wild C.A.T.s
1995	Ultraforce
1995	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1995–1996	Action Man
1996	The Savage Dragon	season 2 head writer
1996–1997	The Incredible Hulk
1996–1999
1997–1999
1998	Young Hercules
1999	Sonic Underground
2000	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000–2003
2001–2002	Ultimate Book of Spells
2003	Stargate Infinity
2005	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2005	Alien Racers
2006	Legend of the Dragon
2006
2006–2007
2008	Wolverine and the X-Men
2009
2012
2013	Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
2016	Miles from Tomorrowland
2018	Kulipari: Dream Walker

Producer

Novels

Forward (writing as Robert D. Forward) is the author of two novels, The Owl (1984)^[4] and its sequel The Owl 2 (1990).^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Detonation Films. 2023-02-01. detonationfilms.com.
2. Web site: Professional biography of Robert L. Forward . As a writer, Dr. Forward writes under his full professional name of "Dr. Robert L. Forward" in order to distinguish himself from his son Robert D. Forward who writes under the name of "Bob Forward". . February 3, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070124102514/http://www.uah.edu/library/about/department/forward/ProfBio.html . January 24, 2007 .
3. Web site: US Patent 8,897,877 B2 (2011).
4. The Owl, Pinnacle Books, August 1984;
5. The Owl 2, New English Library Ltd., September 1990;