---
name: "Robert Rodat"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-rodat"
fi1m_id: "robert-rodat"
imdb_id: "nm0734441"
tmdb_id: 12832
wikidata_id: "Q49016"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T04:37:27.072044+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."
---

# Robert Rodat

## Identity

Robert Rodat

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-rodat
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-rodat
- **IMDb ID:** nm0734441
- **TMDB ID:** 12832
- **Wikidata ID:** Q49016
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rodat, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49016, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734441/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12832

Writer. Born 1 January 1953 in New Hampshire, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, New Hampshire, USA
- **Active:** 1996–2013
- **Also known as:** 로버트 로다트
- **Frequently works with:** [Mark Gordon](https://film.one/person/mark-gordon.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2010s 58 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rodat, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49016, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734441/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12832

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Saving Private Ryan*](https://film.one/film/saving-private-ryan.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Robert Rodat is an American screenwriter and producer. He was born in Keene, New Hampshire, and studied at Colgate University, Harvard Business School and the University of Southern California.

His screenwriting credits include *Tall Tale* (1995), *Fly Away Home* (1996), *Saving Private Ryan* (1998), *The Patriot* (2000), *The Catcher Was a Spy* (2018) and *Kursk* (2018). He received story credit on *Thor: The Dark World* (2013) and created the television series *Falling Skies* (2011–2015) and *Those About to Die* (2024). His screenplay for *Saving Private Ryan* earned Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Thor: The Dark World* (2013), Fi1m 58, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/thor-the-dark-world.md)
- *Saving Private Ryan* (1998), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/saving-private-ryan.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Those About to Die* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Kursk* (2018), Screenplay
- *The Catcher Was a Spy* (2018), Screenplay
- *Thor: The Dark World* (2013), Story — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/thor-the-dark-world.md)
- *Falling Skies* (2011), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Patriot* (2000), Screenplay
- *36 Hours to Die* (1999), Writer
- *Saving Private Ryan* (1998), Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/saving-private-ryan.md)
- *The Ripper* (1997), Writer
- *Fly Away Home* (1996), Screenplay
- *Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure* (1995), Writer
- *The Comrades of Summer* (1992), Writer
- *Odyssey* (1986), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1999: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Saving Private Ryan*

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

---
© 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/robert-rodat