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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1971-11-12 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Robert D. Siegel

Biography:

Robert D. Siegel is an American screenwriter known for The Onion Movie and The Wrestler, as well as the writer and director of Big Fan. His movie The Wrestler won the Golden Lion at the 2008 Venice Film Festival and has earned several Best Picture nominations. Big Fan premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009. It was revealed in an online interview that Siegel attempted to write drafts for a comedy film but it ended up being a drama because of the conflicts in the film as well as avoiding Patton Oswalt being typecast as a comedic character.

Siegel is a graduate of the University of Michigan who later became senior editor of The Onion from 1996 to 1999, and editor-in-chief from 1999 to 2003.

Known For

Acting

2009

Big Fan as Front-Lawn Reporter #1

2008

The Wrestler as Autograph Fan #1

Writing

2022

2018

Cruise as Writer

2016

The Founder as Writer

2013

Turbo as Screenplay

2009

Big Fan as Writer

2008

The Wrestler as Screenplay
The Onion Movie as Writer

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American Huckster as Screenplay

Directing

2018

Cruise as Director

2009

Big Fan as Director

Production

2022

Welcome to Chippendales as Executive Producer

2009

Big Fan as Casting

Creator

2022