---
name: "C. Robert Cargill"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/c-robert-cargill"
fi1m_id: "c-robert-cargill"
imdb_id: "nm1803036"
tmdb_id: 928106
wikidata_id: "Q16201865"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "8 September 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T11:20:40.102105+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."
---

# C. Robert Cargill

## Identity

C. Robert Cargill

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/c-robert-cargill
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** c-robert-cargill
- **IMDb ID:** nm1803036
- **TMDB ID:** 928106
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16201865
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Robert_Cargill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16201865, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1803036/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/928106

Writer and producer. Born 8 September 1975 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 8 September 1975, San Antonio, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Scott Derrickson](https://film.one/person/scott-derrickson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 66 (1), 2020s 67 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Robert_Cargill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16201865, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1803036/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/928106

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Gorge*](https://film.one/film/the-gorge.md) (70)
- **Disney+:** [*Doctor Strange*](https://film.one/film/doctor-strange.md) (66)
- **Netflix:** [*Black Phone 2*](https://film.one/film/black-phone-2.md) (64)

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

## Biography

C. Robert Cargill is an American screenwriter, novelist and former film critic. Born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1975, he began his career writing film reviews for websites including Ain’t It Cool News under the pseudonym Massawyrm before moving into screenwriting.

He is a frequent collaborator with director Scott Derrickson. Their joint credits include the screenplays for *Sinister* (2012), *Sinister 2* (2015), *Doctor Strange* (2016) and *The Black Phone* (2021). Cargill also wrote the screenplay for *No Man of God* (2021) and contributed to *V/H/S/85* (2023). He served as writer and producer on the sequel *Black Phone 2* (2025).

Cargill is the co-founder of the production company Crooked Highway and has written several novels, including the *Dreams and Shadows* series and *Sea of Rust*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Black Phone 2* (2025), Fi1m 64, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/black-phone-2.md)
- *Doctor Strange* (2016), Fi1m 66, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-strange.md)

### Produced (1)

- *The Gorge* (2025), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-gorge.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Man Finds Tape* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Frogman Returns* (2025), as Voice of Frogman
- *Black Phone 2* (2025), Writer, Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/black-phone-2.md)
- *The Gorge* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-gorge.md)
- *House of Ashes* (2024), Co-Producer
- *V/H/S/85* (2023), Screenplay
- *Something in the Dirt* (2022), as Radio Host
- *The Black Phone* (2022), Screenplay, Producer
- *Shadowprowler* (2021), Writer, Executive Producer
- *No Man of God* (2021), Writer
- *My Valentine* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Lemon Drink* (2017), as Screen Creep
- *Doctor Strange* (2016), Writer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-strange.md)
- *As They Continue to Fall* (2016), Writer
- *Sinister 2* (2015), Writer, Characters
- *Sinister* (2012), Screenplay
- *When Is Tomorrow* (2007), as Stephen
- *Pathogen* (2006), as Janitor
- *The Rules of Attraction* (2002), as Bus Station Townie (uncredited)
- *Dogwood*, Executive Producer
- *Retrograde*, Executive Producer
- *Room 428*, Producer
- *Road of Bones*, Screenplay, Producer
- *The Night of the Hunter*, Screenplay
- *Ghost Eaters*, Producer
- *Bermuda*, Screenplay
- *Bitter Bitter*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![C. Robert Cargill](https://film.one/media/person/7888/gallery-debd16bb7ae7.jpg) C. Robert Cargill — Debbie Cerda (Slackerwood.com), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/C._Robert_Cargill_%26_Ryan_Harrison_-_Fantastic_Fest_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![All Things Fantastic Panel C2E2 Speakers: C. Robert Cargill, Colleen Lindsay, Douglas Hulick, Katherine Addison, Mary Robinette Kowal, Simon Green, Steve Bein (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/7888/gallery-575a1c75ec80.jpg) All Things Fantastic Panel C2E2 Speakers: C. Robert Cargill, Colleen Lindsay, Douglas Hulick, Katherine Addison, Mary Robinette Kowal, Simon Green, Steve Bein (2014) — Paul Callan from Chicago, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/2014-04-26_C2E2_12_%2814046509231%29.jpg/1280px-2014-04-26_C2E2_12_%2814046509231%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![All Things Fantastic Panel C2E2 Speakers: C. Robert Cargill, Colleen Lindsay, Douglas Hulick, Katherine Addison, Mary Robinette Kowal, Simon Green, Steve Bein (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/7888/gallery-ecf46249bfca.jpg) All Things Fantastic Panel C2E2 Speakers: C. Robert Cargill, Colleen Lindsay, Douglas Hulick, Katherine Addison, Mary Robinette Kowal, Simon Green, Steve Bein (2014) — Paul Callan from Chicago, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/2014-04-26_C2E2_14_%2814069733603%29.jpg/1280px-2014-04-26_C2E2_14_%2814069733603%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![All Things Fantastic Panel C2E2 Speakers: C. Robert Cargill, Colleen Lindsay, Douglas Hulick, Katherine Addison, Mary Robinette Kowal, Simon Green, Steve Bein (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/7888/gallery-60ab46c9dde0.jpg) All Things Fantastic Panel C2E2 Speakers: C. Robert Cargill, Colleen Lindsay, Douglas Hulick, Katherine Addison, Mary Robinette Kowal, Simon Green, Steve Bein (2014) — Paul Callan from Chicago, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/2014-04-26_C2E2_15_%2814046513771%29.jpg/1280px-2014-04-26_C2E2_15_%2814046513771%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![C. Robert Cargill](https://film.one/media/person/7888/gallery-213f18b1d2f8.jpg) C. Robert Cargill — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel 2021: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel (nominated)
- Arthur C. Clarke Award 2018: Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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