Rob Schmidt

{{short description|American film director and writer (born 1965)}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}}

{{Infobox person | name = Rob Schmidt | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|09|25}} | birth_place = Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Director<br />Writer<br />University professor (film) | years_active = 2000–present | known_for = | notable_works = ''The Alphabet Killer''<br />''Wrong Turn''<br />''Crime and Punishment in Suburbia'' | awards = Sundance Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize Dramatic (nominated) }}

'''Rob Schmidt Barracano'''<ref name="Rob Schmidt Barracano">{{cite web|title=filmstudies.emory.edu|url=http://filmstudies.emory.edu/home/people/faculty/barracano-rob.html|access-date=16 February 2021|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204095934/http://filmstudies.emory.edu/home/people/faculty/barracano-rob.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> (born September 25, 1965) is an American filmmaker. His film credits include ''Wrong Turn''<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Cosgrove|title=To Die for|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I5g1-BUJz10C&q=Wrong+Turn+%282003%29+Rob+Schmidt&pg=PA167|year=2007|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-0-9556766-0-4|page=167}}</ref> and ''Crime and Punishment in Suburbia''.<ref>{{Cite news|first=A.O.|last=Scott|title=FILM REVIEW; Mom Wields a Mean Knife, On a Roast, Dad, Whatever|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9502E3DF1338F936A2575AC0A9669C8B63|work=New York Times|date=September 15, 2000}}</ref> He also created a pilot called ''American Town'' for Twentieth Century Fox.

Schmidt directed a ''Masters of Horror'' episode called "Right to Die". His thriller ''The Alphabet Killer'', which reunited him with Eliza Dushku (''Wrong Turn''), Martin Donovan ("Right to Die"), and Michael Ironside (''Crime and Punishment in Suburbia''), was picked up for international distribution by New Films International.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Jeannette|last=Catsoulis|title=Murder by the Letter|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/movies/12alph.html|work=New York Times|date=December 11, 2008}}</ref>

== Filmography == * 2018: ''Fran K: Frankenstein'' (SyFy TV pilot)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkBKYcKQzrU</ref> * 2018: ''Room For Murder'' * 2012: ''Worst Thing About Coming Out'' * 2009: ''Fear Itself'': ''The Spirit Box'' * 2008: ''The Alphabet Killer'' * 2007: ''Masters of Horror'': ''Right to Die'' * 2003: ''Wrong Turn'' * 2001: ''An American Town'' (TV series) * 2000: ''Crime and Punishment in Suburbia'' <ref>imdb.com</ref>

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== External links == * {{IMDb name|0003343|Rob Schmidt}}

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