---
name: "Bob Barlen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bob-barlen"
fi1m_id: "bob-barlen"
imdb_id: "nm1779809"
tmdb_id: 1098478
wikidata_id: "Q16198106"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "27 July 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:34:31.737544+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bob Barlen

## Identity

Bob Barlen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bob-barlen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bob-barlen
- **IMDb ID:** nm1779809
- **TMDB ID:** 1098478
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16198106
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Barlen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16198106, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1779809/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1098478

Writer. Born 27 July 1980 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 27 July 1980, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Barlen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16198106, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1779809/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1098478

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie*](https://film.one/film/paw-patrol-the-dino-movie.md) (43)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bob Barlen is a Canadian screenwriter and producer. He graduated from Ryerson University and attended the Directors' Lab at the Canadian Film Centre.

He has collaborated frequently with director Cal Brunker on animated features. Their joint credits include the screenplays for *PAW Patrol: The Movie* (2021), *PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie* (2023) and *PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie* (2026). Barlen has also written for *Escape from Planet Earth* (2013), *The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature* (2017), *The Son of Bigfoot* (2017), *Bigfoot Family* (2020) and other films, and serves as associate producer on the *PAW Patrol* features.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie* (2026), Fi1m 43, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/paw-patrol-the-dino-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie* (2026), Screenplay — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/paw-patrol-the-dino-movie.md)
- *A Paw Patrol Christmas* (2025), Screenplay
- *PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie* (2023), Story, Screenplay
- *The Inseparables* (2023), Screenplay
- *PAW Patrol: The Movie* (2021), Associate Producer, Screenplay
- *Bigfoot Family* (2020), Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- *Cranston Academy: Monster Zone* (2020), Screenplay
- *Arctic Dogs* (2019), Screenplay
- *The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature* (2017), as Handsome Mouse (voice) · Writer, Producer
- *The Son of Bigfoot* (2017), Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Escape from Planet Earth* (2013), Writer
- *Doctor Dolittle*, Writer
- *Doctor Dolittle: King of the Wild*, Writer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/bob-barlen