Chris Kobin Explained

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.^{[1] [2] [3]} The John Landis film 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), CBS TV(2000), and (2004).^[4] 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.^[5] and (2010).^{[6] [7]}

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).^{[8] [9] [10]}

Filmography

• The Hart Family Tragedy (2020)
• Gothic Harvest (2019)
• Hollywood Don't Surf! (2011)
• (2010)
• Driftwood (2006)
• Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2006)
• 2001 Maniacs (2005)
• (2004)
• (2000)
• The Girl Next Door (1999)
• Payback (1997)

Television series

• Flipping Vegas A&E Network (2011 - 2014)

External links

• • New York Times: Chris Kobin filmography
• InBaseline: filmography

Notes and References

1. http://www.themacweekly.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticleComments&ustory_id=1804d89e-7847-4a56-b7f5-56b9a198fa25#517f3b64-3530-4a33-9075-2b5ae993a4d8 The Mac Weekly: Comment posted by alumnus Chris Kobin 11/16/07
2. http://www.indeworks.com/press_read.php?id=63 Indeworks: "Chris Kobin joins INDEWORKS to develop film and television properties"(January 2006)
3. https://archive.today/20110707192020/http://www.automotivedigest.com/view_art.asp?articlesID=12855 Automotive Digest: "Chris Kobin, a former used-car salesman"
4. https://archive.today/20120917113644/http://www.vh1.com/movies/person/123893/personmain.jhtml VH1: Kobin filmography
5. Web site: Movies.Msn: Kobin's filmography and associations . 2008-07-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101229100400/http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-worked-with/chris-kobin/ . 2010-12-29 . dead .
6. http://www.girlsandcorpses.com/issue5_timsullivan.html Girls and Corpses: Tim Sullivan goes into great detail explaining the chemistry between him and Kobin as writers
7. http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/interviews/timsullivan2.php Upcoming Horror Films: Confirmation by Sullivan that he and Kobin are creating the sequel to 2001 Maniacs
8. https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118018426.html?categoryId=3628
9. Web site: SXSW Film 2004 Conference and Festival Announces Feature Film Line-up . 2010-05-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110710160839/http://www.dv.com/article/59786 . 2011-07-10 .
10. Web site: Slamdance - Est. 1995 . 2010-05-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716085304/http://www.slamdance.com/blog/permalink/2008/10/30/191015.html . 2011-07-16 .