About Rob

The pride of the Canadian Rockies, Rob has extensive experience working in scripted television, sketch, animation and motion pictures. Most of it positive.

Rob's expansive writing career includes “The Ben Stiller Show“ (for which he won an Emmy Award), “The Big Bang Theory”, “Saturday Night Live”, The Academy Awards and “The Simpsons“. (Where he became the visual inspiration for the character of Milhouse, Bart's best friend.)

His feature film documentary, “Being Canadian”, which he wrote, produced and directed, was an international festival hit, and was nominated for a 2016 Writers’ Guild Award. The script was entered into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences permanent library.

Rob has directed over 100 episodes of television, and some of his credits include “Somebody Somewhere” (where he was nominated for a Peabody Award), “Lady Dynamite”, “Stan Against Evil”, “Black-ish” and “Muppets Mayhem” (where he was nominated for an Emmy Award). He has directed numerous commercials for national and international brands, including the National Football League and Amazon, winning multiple awards. His work has been praised by Michael Moore, Ridley Scott, and others.

He’s also helped write and direct numerous studio motion picture campaigns for Paramount, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox and Sony Pictures, for films like “Anchorman 2”, “Tropic Thunder”, and the “Austin Powers” franchise, starring Tom Cruise, Ben Stiller, Mike Myers, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Will Smith, and Robert Downey, Jr.

Rob at Work

Rob with Tom Cruise
Rob and David Koechner
Rob Setting Up a Shot
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Rob with Tenacious D
Nurse
Janet Varney

Awards


Won
The Ben Stiller Show

Nominated
Muppets Mayhem

Twice Nominated
Writer's Guild of America

Nominated Peabody
Somebody Somewhere

Won Webby
Best Short Form Commercial

Commercial Clients

including but not limited to…
Amazon
Ford
Ziploc
Kraft
HBO
NFL
AT&T
Pop Chips
Progressive Insurance
Clash of Clans

Contact

TV and Film
Rob Coleman
Creative Artists Agency
(212) 277-9000