Rob Schmidt

{{short description|American film director and writer (born 1965)}}

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| name = Rob Schmidt

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|09|25}}

| birth_place = Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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| occupation = Director
Writer
University professor (film)

| years_active = 2000–present

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| notable_works = The Alphabet Killer
Wrong Turn
Crime and Punishment in Suburbia

| awards = Sundance Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize Dramatic (nominated)

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Rob Schmidt Barracano{{cite web|title=filmstudies.emory.edu|url= http://filmstudies.emory.edu/home/people/faculty/barracano-rob.html |access-date=16 February 2021}} (born September 25, 1965) is an American filmmaker. His film credits include Wrong Turn{{cite book|author=Richard Cosgrove|title=To Die for|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I5g1-BUJz10C&q=Wrong+Turn+%282003%29+Rob+Schmidt&pg=PA167|year=2007|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-0-9556766-0-4|page=167}} and Crime and Punishment in Suburbia.{{Cite news|first=A.O.|last=Scott|title=FILM REVIEW; Mom Wields a Mean Knife, On a Roast, Dad, Whatever|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9502E3DF1338F936A2575AC0A9669C8B63|work=New York Times|date=September 15, 2000}} He also created a pilot called American Town for Twentieth Century Fox. He directed a Masters of Horror episode called "Right to Die". His thriller The Alphabet Killer, which reunited him with Eliza Dushku (Wrong Turn), Martin Donovan ("Right to Die"), and Michael Ironside (Crime and Punishment in Suburbia), was picked up for international distribution by New Films International.{{Cite news|first=Jeannette|last=Catsoulis|title=Murder by the Letter|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/movies/12alph.html|work=New York Times|date=December 11, 2008}}