Rob McNeil

Rob McNeil

Freelance Writer at Independent
Screenwriter

West Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

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October 2017
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About Rob

Award-winning screenwriter with eighteen completed feature screenplays, two pilot scripts, and several short scripts. I am currently working on several projects at once with many more on the way.

Unique traits: I am a very prolific writer as I have written in every genre and across several platforms.

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  • Minor Leagues, Major Problems

    Minor Leagues, Major Problems Budget: $1M - $5M | Sports Drama A power-hitting waning Major League superstar is sent down to the minor leagues and must adapt to low morale, shifting power dynamics, and fatal organizational moves as his baseball career spirals.

  • Breakdown

    Breakdown Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller Horror A dysfunctional family of four breaks down in the middle of nowhere and find themselves trapped in a car repair shop with murderous mechanics who intend to harvest their organs and sell them on the black market.

  • The Best Man's Wife

    The Best Man's Wife Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama Comedy A Best Man and Matron of Honor both decide to get divorced at a wedding and consequently ruin the entire ceremony. 

  • Succubus

    Succubus Budget: $30M+ | Sci-fi Action A grieving scientist strips the powers that be of superhuman abilities while a sinister figure seeks to usurp control back of New York City.

  • Play Bill

    Play Bill Budget: $100K - $1M | Comedy Drama A depressed and grieving everyman uproots his professional and family life to try his hand as a playwright. 

  • On The Run

    On The Run Budget: $5M - $10M | Thriller Crime A troubled twenty-something coping with loss and under constant surveillance by a mysterious organization must keep himself afloat as his life unravels in puzzling ways. In the wake of a horrific mass shooting, he must fight for his innocence as all evidence points to his guilt.

  • Along for the Ride

    Along for the Ride Budget: $5M - $10M | Music Drama A down-on-his-luck documentary filmmaker stumbles upon a budding pop star who invites him to embark on a tumultuous tour with her. 

  • Reunited! (And I Don't Feel So Good)

    Reunited! (And I Don't Feel So Good) Budget: $0 - $100K | Romance Drama Two estranged lovers reconnect after years apart when they bump into each other while on dates separate from one another and all the while must keep secret from their respective dates that they are reminiscing on their previous relationship. 

  • Who Loves the Lovemakers?

    Who Loves the Lovemakers? Budget: $100K - $1M | Drama Comedy A rag-tag bunch of employees at a wedding company put on celebrations of love every week. But the real question is: who loves them?

  • The Surrogate Father

    The Surrogate Father Budget: $100K - $1M | Drama Comedy Two estranged lovers have an illegitimate child together, but the smart-mouthed mother attempts to keep the biological father out of her life and keep the secret from her soon-to-be husband while the lackadaisical, aloof father works to become a part of the child's life.

  • Sanguine

    Sanguine Budget: $10M - $30M | Action Thriller A no-nonsense NSA agent is sent on a mission gone awry which sparks a long and arduous journey home only to find out she must rescue her family from a home invasion.

  • Gold Trail Pass

    Gold Trail Pass Budget: $5M - $10M | Western Drama A wise-cracking Sheriff and his terse Deputy must assist in the ambush of a convoy bearing loads of gold stolen by bandits that will inevitably pass through their small village.

  • Night of the Unknown

    Night of the Unknown Budget: $100K - $1M | Mystery Crime With no memory of the night prior, a sarcastic college student is accused of her boyfriend's murder and must employ the help of her sassy best friend in order to piece together the events leading up to that night and prove her innocence.

  • No Return

    No Return Budget: $1M - $5M | Mystery Film-noir After being dismissed from the case of his wife's disappearance, a by-the-book detective must go rogue to uncover the events leading up to the day she went missing.

  • Rudolph

    Rudolph Budget: $5M - $10M | Crime Thriller A depressed college graduate resorts to desperate measures to resolve his financial problems when his raunchy best friend convinces him to embark on a daring heist.

  • Solitude

    Solitude Budget: $5M - $10M | Sci-fi Thriller A complacent journalist who writes propaganda for an oppressive totalitarian regime is recruited by an underground rebel group to go undercover against their sociopathic leader.

  • Past Life

    Past Life Budget: $1M - $5M | Mystery Drama A loner college student is thrust into a dangerous investigation when he suspects his biological family may have been involved in his hometown's most notorious cold case.

Awards

  • Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Semi-Finalist
    (2021)

  • Loudoun Arts Film Festival Screenwriting Contest Winner
    (2021)

  • Cannes Screenplay Competition Action/Adventure Finalist
    (2019)

  • Beverly Hills Film Festival Official Selection
    (2018)

  • Oaxaca FilmFest 9 Official Selection
    (2018)

  • Cannes Screenplay Competition Grand Jury Prize
    (2017)

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