Robert Rodat (born c. 1960) is an American

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and

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and television producer. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for writing Steven Spielberg's war epic '' Saving Private Ryan''.

Career

Rodat wrote '' Saving Private Ryan'' (1998), '' The Comrades of Summer'' (1992), '' Tall Tale'' (1995), '' Fly Away Home'' with Vince McKewin (1996), and '' The Patriot'' (2000). He worked on the revision of the script for the 2008 film ''

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'' and helped with the story of

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film '' Thor: The Dark World''. Rodat also contributed to a screenplay for a film adaptation of '' Warcraft'', work that was ultimately rebooted with the exit of the film's then-attached director, Sam Raimi. In 2009, Rodat created the TNT

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series '' Falling Skies'', produced by Steven Spielberg. The series did not premiere until summer 2011. Its fifth and final season was broadcast in the summer of 2015. The show is about human survivors of a semi-post apocalyptic world due to an alien invasion.

Filmography

*'' The Comrades of Summer'' (1992, television movie) *'' Tall Tale'' (1995) *'' Fly Away Home'' (1996) *'' Saving Private Ryan'' (1998) *'' The Patriot'' (2000) *''

'' (2008) *'' Falling Skies'' (2011, television series) *'' Thor: The Dark World'' (2013) *'' The Catcher Was a Spy'' (2018) *'' Kursk'' (2018)

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* 1960s births Living people 20th-century American screenwriters 21st-century American screenwriters American male screenwriters American television producers American television writers American male television writers USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Colgate University alumni Harvard Business School alumni {{US-screen-writer-1960s-stub