Adam Robitel
Adam Robitel (born May 26, 1978) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for directing horror films, such as The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014), Insidious: The Last Key (2018), Escape Room (2019) and its sequel Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021). He also co-wrote Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015).
Adam Robitel
- Name
- Adam Robitel
- Born
- 26 May 1978
- Occupation
- * Film director
- Education
- University of Southern California
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- film direction · film screenwriting · film acting · film production
- Languages
- English
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Adam Robitel (born May 26, 1978) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for directing horror films, such as The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014), Insidious: The Last Key (2018), Escape Room (2019) and its sequel Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021). He also co-wrote Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015).
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Deadline Hollywood reported in July 2021 that Robitel and co-writer Gavin Heffernan had partnered with Darren Aronofsky on a thriller series for Netflix titled The Craving. In July 2019, Deadline Hollywood posted that Heffernan and Robitel had teamed up with Sam Raimi on an "Untitled Supernatural Thriller" for Sony Pictures.
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• Name — Adam Robitel • Born — 26 May 1978 • Occupation — * Film director • film producer • screenwriter • actor • Years Active — 2006–present • Education — University of Southern California
Education
Education
Adam Robitel was born on May 28, 1978. Robitel is a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Personal life
Personal life
Robitel was raised Catholic. He was a gymnast who first pursued acting while at USC. His spec script, The Bloody Benders, garnered the attention of Guillermo Del Toro, and was his first official optioned property. He credits his grandmother, who raised him and his sister on ghost stories, for his love of all things macabre. Robitel has been with his partner Ray for twenty years.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Director — Writer • 2014 — The Taking of Deborah Logan • 2015 — Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension • 2018 — Insidious: The Last Key • 2019 — Escape Room • 2021 — Escape Room: Tournament of Champions Acting roles • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2000 — X-Men — Guy on Line • 2002 — The Rules of Attraction — Dumb Guy from L.A. — Uncredited • 2005 — 2001 Maniacs — Lester • 2006 — Return to Sender — Butch — Short film • 2010 — 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams — Lester • 2011 — Chillerama — Butch — Segment: "I Was a Teenage Werebear" • One for the Road — Booth — Short film • 2012 — Cut/Print — Officer Smith • 2015 — Contracted: Phase II — Swat Man #1 • 2019 — Escape Room — Gabe
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Adam Robitel is recorded as actor, screenwriter, director and film producer.
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Adam Robitel born at Boston.
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