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, turned down an offer from a Century City law firm and became a car salesman while trying to break into Cinema of [the United States|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, A Vision of Murder: [The Story of Donielle] CBS TV, and Slasher: an IFC Original. Feature Films which Kobin has written or co-written include Gothic Harvest, 2001 Maniacs, Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror, Driftwood.Film festival premieres
Kobin's films have premiered in the following film festivals:- Screamfest [Horror Film Festival]: Gothic Harvest
- Telluride Film Festival: Hollywood Don't Surf! North American Premiere
- Cannes Film Festival: Hollywood Don't Surf!
- Screamfest Horror Film Festival: Snoop Doggs Hood of Horror
- South by Southwest: Slasher
- Slamdance Film Festival: The [Girl Next Door (1999 film)|The Girl Next Door].
Filmography
- The [Hart Family Tragedy]
- Gothic Harvest
- Hollywood Don't Surf!
- 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
- Driftwood
- Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
- 2001 Maniacs
- Slasher: an IFC Original
- A Vision of Murder: [The Story of Donielle]
- The Girl Next Door
- ''Payback''
Television series
- Flipping Vegas A&E Network