Robert Tinnell
Robert Tinnell is an American writer, film director and producer. Notable directing credits include Feast of the Seven Fishes (2019), Frankenstein and Me (1996), and Kids of the Round Table (1995). Producing credits include Back Fork (2019), The Hunted (2013) and Surf Nazis Must Die (1987).
Robert Tinnell

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- Birthplace
- Fairmont, West Virginia
- Nationality
- American
- Born
- 1961 · Fairmont.
- Occupation
- film producer · screenwriter · director
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Robert Tinnell is an American writer, film director and producer. Notable directing credits include Feast of the Seven Fishes (2019), Frankenstein and Me (1996), and Kids of the Round Table (1995). Producing credits include Back Fork (2019), The Hunted (2013) and Surf Nazis Must Die (1987).
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Key facts
• Birthplace — Fairmont, West Virginia • Nationality — American • Area — Writer, Director, Producer • Write — y • Relatives — Jeffrey Tinnell (brother)
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Personal life
Personal life
Tinnell is the brother of film producer and graphic novel publisher Jeffrey Tinnell. Robert lives in West Virginia with his wife, Shannon, and two children, Isabella and Jack.
Filmography
Filmography
Filmography • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1987 — Surf Nazis Must Die — Producer • 1993 — Young Goodman Brown — Co-Producer • 1995 — Kids of the Round Table — Director and Writer • 1996 — Frankenstein and Me — Director and Writer • 1999 — Airspeed — Director • 2000 — Believe — Director and Writer • 2009 — Shades of Gray — Writer and Producer • 2010 — Romeo Must Hang — Writer and Producer • 2019 — Back Fork — Producer • 2019 — Feast of the Seven Fishes — Director and Writer • 2023 — 12 Desperate Hours — Producer • 2024 — Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story — Producer • 2024 — The Bad Guardian — Producer • 2026 — River — Executive producer
Filmmaking
Tinnell's work as a director includes the films Kids of the Round Table (1995), Frankenstein and Me (1996), which was very popular with fans of classic horror, and Believe (2000). Tinnell has frequently acknowledged his passion for horror, particularly classic horror films. Hammer Film Productions aficionados seek out Frankenstein and Me because of a sequence inspired by the 1960 Terence Fisher film Brides of Dracula, which starred Peter Cushing. Tinnell's film actually recreates a windmill set that is used in the Hammer film. In the same film, Tinnell meticulously recreated a scene reminiscent of Night of the Living Dead as well as other horror classics. All of the sequences featured children in the adult roles. Burt Reynolds and Louise Fletcher starred in Frankenstein and Me, alongside a young Ryan Gosling. (Stars Elisha Cuthbert and Gosling both had early film roles for Tinnell.) As a producer, Tinnell worked in both the music video world as well as feature films. Among his credits as producer are the MTV Award-winning Paula Abdul music video "Straight Up," directed by David Fincher, and the notorious cult film Surf Nazis Must Die (released through Troma).
Teaching
Tinnell has served as a guest professor at several institutions, including West Virginia University, West Virginia State University, and Queens College. • Illustration — Robert Tinnell lecturing at West Virginia University while on call with Todd Livingston (2025)
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