Robbie Fox
Writing
Biography
During high school, studied comedy writing with Danny Simon. For college: went to Northwestern for theater and later NYU for screenwriting. Big break in 1987: at 23, was picked to direct a short for Columbia Pictures' Discovery program, under Chairman David Putnam. Fox wrote & directed the award winning short "The Great O'Grady" which premiered at Sundance and led to him selling "So I Married An Axe Murderer" to Columbia and a directing deal at Disney with Chairman Jeff Katzenberg. In addition to listed credits, did uncredited polishes for various TV and movies including My Girl (1991) with Dan Aykroyd & Macaulay Culkin, Disney's animated Runaway Brain (1995) and Woody Woodpecker (2017). For the stage, wrote book for an original musical called "Complications" for director Herbert Ross, which work-shopped at the Manhattan Theater Club in New York and later ran at the Tiffany Theater in Los Angeles, called "The Gift" starring Alicia Witt and under Andy Fickman's direction. 2020: Kevin Hart & Woody Harrelson are currently in production in Robbie Fox's action comedy "The Man From Toronto" (Story by Fox & Jason Blumenthal), produced by Escape Artists Productions for Sony Pictures, and to be released Labor Day 2021.
Known For
A case of mistaken identity forces a bumbling entrepreneur to team up with a notorious assassin known as The Man from Toronto in hopes of staying alive.
The Man from Toronto
Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- "Mrs. X" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.
So I Married an Axe Murderer
A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team in an attempt to get his life together.
Playing for Keeps
Bones Conway and Jack Kaufman, two misguided youths, join the reserves to make some easy money for their entrepreneurial dreams. Unfortunately, no sooner than they finish basic training they find themselves at war as part of the water purification team.
In the Army Now
A man has to figure out a way to make extra money when his father-in-law moves in.
Grand-Daddy Day Care
Before a man can kill his nagging wife as planned, she disappears and he's charged with murder.
Shooting Elizabeth
Award winning comedy short that follows the intense world of competitive spitting.