Created 1999.08.05; Updated 2007.11.21

Robin Rowe
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As a journalist, Robin Rowe covers entertainment, technology, and fashion. He reviews films and television. The genres he covers are upbeat, family, comedy, sci-fi, biography, and British. He doesn't review horror or most dark drama. He has recent articles or upcoming assignments with these 16 publications:

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Robin Rowe Bio

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Robin Rowe is a comedy writer-producer and hosts ScreenPlayLab. He writes humor. He's a photographer.

Robin Rowe is a partner in MovieEditor.com, based in Beverly Hills. He's a journalist for many publications. He's a co-founder and hosts weekly industry events at ScreenPlayLab, a 2,200-member filmmakers association. He was a technologist at DreamWorks Animation and a technical director at an NBC television station. He's taught C++ software development at the Naval Postgraduate School and the University of Washington. He manages the open source CinePaint project.

Screenplays: Completed three spec screenplays and a television pilot. Optioned the best-selling novel The Corset Diaries by Katie McAlister. Co-wrote The Corset Diaries, a feature comedy about a single American woman living the perfect married life in England. Wrote Fire Bear an original animated feature adventure about an outcast bear who fights forest fires. Wrote Book of Z, an original martial arts comedy about a Koreatown chiropractic student being chased by ninjas. Agent Karl Sanger, Sanger Talent Agency, Los Angeles.

Technology: Renderfarm R&D at DreamWorks Animation. After Effects plug-in for the The Library of Congress Motion Picture Conservation Center. Project leader for the open source CinePaint film retouching software used in many major motion pictures. Former enterprise manager and chief technologist at SAIC, a Fortune 500 defense company. Former research scientist for the navy. Built the robotic studios at NBC WMAQ-TV Chicago.

Expert: Hosts weekly Hollywood events at ScreenplayLab. Teaches screenwriting courses through MovieEditor.com. Speaks as a screenwriting expert at the Hollywood Festival of Books and Sherwood Oaks Experimental College. Speaks as an expert on Linux and motion picture technology at conferences in the United States and the UK. Taught computer science at the Naval Postgraduate School and night school at the University of Washington.

Television production: Former technical director of broadcast news for a mid-market NBC station WICD-TV. Live news production and switching, studio and field cameras, editing in Final Cut Pro, lighting, audio, titling, and master control. Former dance videographer at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Produced a music video aired on PBS Chicago.