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name: "Rob DesHotel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rob-deshotel"
fi1m_id: "rob-deshotel"
tmdb_id: 1212431
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "9 July 1966"
died: "10 December 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:42:22.155424+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."
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# Rob DesHotel

## Identity

Rob DesHotel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rob-deshotel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rob-deshotel
- **TMDB ID:** 1212431
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212431

Writer. Born 9 July 1966. Died 10 December 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 9 July 1966
- **Died:** 10 December 2018
- **Also known as:** Rob Des Hotel
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212431

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Rob DesHotel was a television writer and producer. He graduated from Webster University with a degree in media communications in 1988 and began his career as a writers’ assistant on the NBC soap opera *Santa Barbara* (1990–1991). His early writing credits included episodes of *The Adventures of Pete & Pete* (1993) and *Duckman* (1994).

DesHotel joined *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997) as a story editor in season one and was promoted to executive story editor in season two, co-writing five episodes with Dean Batali. He later worked extensively on *That ’70s Show* (1998), rising from co-producer to executive producer while writing multiple episodes. Subsequent credits included writing and producing roles on *Gary Unmarried* (2008), *Mike & Molly* (2010), *Mad Love* (2011) and *Man with a Plan* (2016). He also contributed to *True Blood* and *I Hate My Teenage Daughter*.

DesHotel died on 10 December 2018 in California, aged 52.

*Sources: buffy.fandom.com, hollywoodreporter.com, deadline.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80, Writer, Story Editor, Executive Story Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Man with a Plan* (2016), series, Writer
- *Mad Love* (2011), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Mike & Molly* (2010), series, Teleplay, Writer
- *Gary Unmarried* (2008), series, Writer
- *Happy Hour* (2006), series, Writer
- *Fantasy Island* (1998), series, Writer
- *That '70s Show* (1998), series, Writer
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Writer, Executive Story Editor, Story Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Hope and Gloria* (1995), series, Writer
- *Duckman* (1994), series, Writer
- *The Adventures of Pete & Pete* (1993), series, Writer

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