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American film and television writer and producer
Robert Rodat
(born c. 1960) is an American
film
and
television writer
and
television producer
. He was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
for writing
Steven Spielberg
's war epic
Saving Private Ryan
.
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Career
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Rodat wrote
Saving Private Ryan
(1998),
[3]
The Comrades of Summer
(1992),
Tall Tale
(1995),
[4]
Fly Away Home
with Vince McKewin (1996),
[5]
and
The Patriot
(2000).
[3]
He worked on the revision of the script for the
2008
film
10,000 BC
[6]
and helped with the story of
2013
film
Thor: The Dark World
.
[3]
Rodat also contributed to a screenplay for a film adaptation of
Warcraft
,
[7]
work that was ultimately rebooted with the exit of the film's then-attached director,
Sam Raimi
.
In 2009, Rodat created the
TNT
science-fiction
series
Falling Skies
, produced by
Steven Spielberg
. The series did not premiere until summer 2011. Its fifth and final season was broadcast in the summer of 2015. The show is about human survivors of a semi-post apocalyptic world due to an alien invasion.
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Filmography
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References
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a
b
Dretzka, Gary (July 2, 2000).
"
The Patriot
Writer Always Combat Ready"
.
Chicago Tribune
. Retrieved
April 4,
2018
.
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"
'The Patriot' Writer Always Combat Ready"
.
Chicago Tribune
. July 2, 2000.
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a
b
c
Hipes, Patrick (January 9, 2015).
"Pulitzer-Hearst Newspaper War Drama Series In Works From Robert Rodat & Gail Berman"
.
Deadline Hollywood
. Retrieved
April 4,
2018
.
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Eller, Claudia (March 25, 1993).
"Caravan pix has a 'Tall Tale' to tell"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
April 4,
2018
.
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Schwarzbaum, Lisa (September 20, 1996).
"Fly Away Home"
.
Entertainment Weekly
. Retrieved
April 4,
2018
.
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"Belle, Strait Flash Back to '10,000 B.C.'
"
.
The Baltimore Sun
. February 27, 2006
. Retrieved
April 4,
2018
.
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Goldberg, Matt (October 12, 2009).
"SAVING PRIVATE RYAN Screenwriter Robert Rodat Will Tell the Tale of Sam Raimi's WORLD OF WARCRAFT"
.
Collider
. Retrieved
April 4,
2018
.
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ROCO (January 17, 2011).
"Falling Skies: Getting Inside The Minds Of The Aliens"
.
Seriable
. Retrieved
August 17,
2012
.
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