Robert Tinnell
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ROBERT TINNELL, a West Virginia native, is a motion picture screenwriter, director, and producer. He is also the author of several comics and graphic novels, notably with a horror slant.
Tinnell's work as a director includes the films Kids of the Round Table, Believe, and Frankenstein and Me, the latter of which was very popular with fans of classic horror. Tinnell has frequently acknowledged his passion for horror, particularly classic horror films.[1] 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).
Tinnell is best known in comics for a series of horror graphic novels, including The Black Forest, "The Wicked West" , The living and The Dead , and Sight Unseen. His book, Feast of the Seven Fishes was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album - Reprint. Currently, Tinnell is writing The Chelation Kid, a webcomic dealing with his son's autism, and EZ Streets in collaboration with Mark Wheatley as well as various screenwriting and directing projects. Tinnell lives in West Virginia with his wife and two children.
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[edit] A complete listing of Tinnell's graphic novels
The Black Forest (co-scripted with Todd Livingston/art by Neil Vokes) (Publisher: Image Comics, 2004)
The Wicked West (co-scripted with Todd Livingston/art by Neil Vokes) (Image Comics, 2004)
The Faceless: A Terry Sharp Story (art by Adrian Salmon) (Image Comics, 2005)
The Living and the Dead (co-scripted with Todd Livingston/art by Micah Farritor) (Speakeasy Comics, 2005)
Sight Unseen (co-created with artist Bo Hampton) (Image Comics, 2006)
Feast of the Seven Fishes (writer/art by Ed Piskor and Alex Saviuk) (Allegheny Image Factory, 2005)
The Wicked West 2: Abomination and other tales (numerous contributors) (Image Comics, 2006)
The Chelation Kid (webcomic - art by Craig Taillefer) (www.thechelationkid.com 2006-present)
[edit] Awards and Trivia:
Tinnell received the Best Director Award from Europe's prestigious Fantasporto Film Festival for Frankenstein and Me.
Film stars Elisha Cuthbert and Ryan Gosling both had early film roles for Tinnell
Tinnell's directorial debut, Kids of the Round Table, was nominated for a Cable ACE Award. The film, which starred Malcolm McDowell, dealt with a young boy who discovers Excalibur, the legendary sword of King Arthur.
Hammer Film Productions aficionados seek out Tinnell's film Frankenstein and Me because of a sequence inspired by the Terence Fisher 1960 film Brides of Dracula, which starred Peter Cushing. Tinnell's film actually recreates a windmill set that is used in the Hammer Film.[2] Tinnell is a huge fan of all things horror, and in the same film, 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.
The Black Forest won the The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards for Best Horror Comic of 2004 and in 2005 The Black Forest 2 won the award again for the creative team of Tinnell and Todd Livingston (writers) and Neil Vokes (artist).
Rue Morgue Magazine selected Sight Unseen as best horror comic of 2006.
Tinnell was a guest on several popular radio cooking shows, including The Splendid Table with Lynne Rossetto Kasper, the Rocco Dispirito Show, and KCRW's Good Food, while promoting his graphic novel, Feast of the Seven Fishes.
Tinnell directed second unit on John Dahl's Kill Me Again (1989).
Brother of Jeffrey Tinnell
[edit] External links
The Internet Movie Database - Robert Tinnell
[edit] References
M. Kronenberg, Comic Book Market Place, Aug 2004, vol. 3 #114, page 40-43.
McTigue & Keller, Vampirella magazine #4, page 40.
