Filmmaker, award-winning screenwriter, composer, fake Shemp.
A movie & tv buff since birth, Bob (he/him) was raised on a steady diet of Godzilla, Muppets, Speed Racer, Stooges, & comics. In the 70’s he discovered the joy of creative writing. In the 80’s he started producing short films & flip-book animations with a stop-motion Super-8 camera, and this Midwesterner has told stories on stage, in print, and on film ever since.
Creator/Screenwriter of the horror-western television series ANATHEMA:
Best Feature Horror Screenplay - Austin Under The Stars Film Festival (2022)
Golden Stake Award (Best Pilot Teleplay) - International Vampire Film and Arts Festival 2022
Best Western Horror Television Pilot Script - The Wild Bunch Film Festival 2021
Top Ten Best of the Fest - The Show Low Film Festival 2021
Atrophy Horror ⋄ Drama A grieving family leaves civilization to escape a viral outbreak, only to have the illness strike home, pushing a filmmaker and his daughter to find a cure before one of them succumbs to the unidentified chronic wasting disease and becomes a veritable zombie.
Civitas: A Tale of Anathema Western ⋄ Horror SERIES LOGLINE: When an Old West traveling circus pitches its tents in a town full of monsters, a reluctant lawman must prevent the enigmatic ringmaster from bringing Hell to Earth. EPISODE LOGLINE: In the fall of 1898, a vagabond teen rides the rails to Anathema and discovers the community’s unique nature while he crosses paths with a mysterious lawman and disreputable advance scouts for a traveling circus. (formerly titled “Pilotus”)
Austin Under the Stars (2022): WINNER BEST HORROR FEATURE SCREENPLAY - "Anathema: Pilotus”
(2022)
International Vampire Film & Arts Festival (6th): GOLDEN STAKE BEST SCREENPLAY - “Anathema: Pilotus”
(2022)
IMPA Awards (2022): AWARD OF EXCELLENCE (BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY) - "Anathema: Pilotus"
(2022)
IMPA Awards (2022): AWARD OF ACHIEVEMENT (GRADUATE PRODUCTION) - “Meditation and Transcendence”
(2022)
48 Hour Film Project St. Louis (2022): BEST WRITING & BEST USE OF LINE - “Policy of Truth”
(2022)
Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards (Season 6): FINALIST - "Anathema: Pilotus"
(2022)
Scriptation Showcase - Teleplay Category (2022): SEMI-FINALIST - "Anathema: Pilotus"
(2022)
Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards (2022): SEMI-FINALIST - "Anathema: Pilotus"
(2022)
Filmmatic Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship (Season 5) : SEMI-FINALIST - "Anathema: Pilotus"
(2022)
Launch Pad Pilot Competition (2022): SEMI-FINALIST - "Anathema: Pilotus"
(2022)
26th Annual Fade In Awards TV Pilot Competition (2021-2022): SEMI-FINALIST - "Anathema: Pilotus"
(2022)
Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition (Summer 2022): SEMI-FINALIST - "Anathema: Syreni"
(2022)
Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition (Spring 2022): SEMI-FINALIST - "Anathema: Pilotus
(2022)
Shudder’s Killer Shorts Screenplay Competition (Season 3): QUARTER-FINALIST - "Anathema: Syreni"
(2022)
Geneva International Science in Fiction Screenplay Awards (2022): QUARTER-FINALIST - "Atrophy"
(2022)
Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards (Season 6): QUARTER-FINALIST - "Atrophy"
(2022)
Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards (Season 6): QUARTER-FINALIST - "Anathema: Scurra"
(2022)
Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Competition (2022): QUARTER-FINALIST - "Anathema: Pilotus”
(2022)
The Script Lab Screenplay Contest (2022) : QUARTER-FINALIST - "Anathema: Pilotus”
(2022)
The Intl. Wild Bunch Film Festival (2021): WINNER BEST WESTERN-HORROR TV PILOT - "Anathema: Pilotus"
(2021)
Show Low Film Festival 2021: TOP TEN BEST OF THE FEST AWARD WINNER - "Anathema: Pilotus"
(2021)
Chicago Screenplay Awards (Winter 2021): FINALIST - "Anathema: Lupinotuum Pectinem"
(2021)
Miami Screenplay Awards (Winter 2021): FINALIST - "Anathema: Syreni"
(2021)
Miami Screenplay Awards (Winter 2021): FINALIST - "Anathema: Lupinotuum Pectinem"
(2021)
Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards (Season No. 6): SEMI-FINALIST - "Anathema: Pilotus"
(2021)
Roadmap Writers Shorts Competition (Winter 2021): TOP 50 - "Anathema: Lupinotuum Pectinem"
(2021)
ISA Fast Track Fellowship 2021: SECOND ROUND SELECTION - "Anathema: Pilotus"
(2021)
Filmmatic Pitch Now Competition (Season No. 4): QUARTER-FINALIST - "Anathema: Syreni"
(2021)
Chicago Screenplay Awards (Winter 2021): QUARTER-FINALIST - "Anathema: Syreni"
(2021)
Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition 2021: QUARTER-FINALIST - "Anathema: Pilotus"
(2021)
Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards (Season No. 6): QUARTER-FINALIST - "Anathema: Pilotus"
(2021)
Miami Screenplay Awards (Summer 2021): QUARTER-FINALIST - "Anathema: Pilotus"
(2021)
Chicago Screenplay Awards (Summer 2021): QUARTER-FINALIST - "Anathema: Pilotus"
(2021)
Finish Line Script Competition 2021: HONORABLE MENTION - "Anathema: Pilotus"
(2021)
David Lynch Graduate School of Cinematic Arts
(2018-2020)