Adam Robitel

{{Short description|American producer, screenplay, and director}}

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| nationality = American

| occupation = Film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor

| years_active = 2006–present

| alma_mater = University of Southern California

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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).

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.{{cite web |title=Deadline |date=30 June 2021|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/adam-robitel-gavin-heffernan-thriller-series-netflix-darren-aronofsky-protozoa-pictures-1234784231/}}

In July 2019, Deadline Hollywood posted that Heffernan and Robitel had teamed up with Sam Raimi on an "Untitled Supernatural Thriller" for Sony Pictures.{{cite web |last1=Deadline |title='Escape Room' Director Adam Robitel Sets up Untitled Supernatural Thriller at Sony|date=30 July 2019|url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/escape-room-director-adam-robitel-sets-up-untitled-supernatural-thriller-at-sony-1202657110/}}

Education

Adam Robitel was born on May 28, 1978.{{Cite web |title=Adam Robitel Movies and Filmography |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/adam-robitel-p375169 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=AllMovie }}

Robitel is a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts.{{cite web|url=http://sebastiantwardosz.com/2015/09/24/the-taking-of-deborah-logan-and-nasty-horror-stories-with-adam-robitel/|title=THE TAKING OF DEBORAH LOGAN and Nasty Horror Stories with Adam Robitel - Sebastian Twardosz|date=24 September 2015|website=Sebastiantwardosz.com|access-date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822222233/http://sebastiantwardosz.com/2015/09/24/the-taking-of-deborah-logan-and-nasty-horror-stories-with-adam-robitel/|archive-date=22 August 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

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.{{cite web |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Guillermo Del Toro Teams With Angry Films On 'The Bloody Benders' Spec |url=https://deadline.com/2012/04/guillermo-del-toro-teams-with-angry-films-on-the-bloody-benders-spec-263155/ |website=Deadline |date=27 April 2012 |access-date=17 August 2020}}

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.{{cite web |last1=Waylon |first1=Jordan |title=Adam Robitel Shares His Story of Coming Out and the Power of Visibility in 2019 |url=https://www.ihorror.com/writer-director-adam-robitel-on-coming-out-and-his-road-to-self-acceptance/ |website=www.ihorror.com |date=11 July 2019 |publisher=ihorror |access-date=17 August 2020 |archive-date=14 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214154232/https://www.ihorror.com/writer-director-adam-robitel-on-coming-out-and-his-road-to-self-acceptance/ |url-status=dead }}