Robert Rodat

Born 1953 · American film and television writer and television producer

Robert Rodat is an American screenwriter and producer of film and television. He is known for writing the films Saving Private Ryan (1998), which earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay; Fly Away Home (1996), The Patriot (2000), and The Catcher Was a Spy (2018). He is also the creator of the television series Falling Skies (2011–15) and Those About to Die (2024).

Robert Rodat, in order

1. 1992 The Comrades of Summer (TV movie): wrote · directed by Tommy Lee Wallace
2. 1995 Tall Tale: wrote · directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik
3. 1996 Fly Away Home: wrote · directed by Carroll Ballard
4. 1998 Saving Private Ryan: wrote · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 94%, audiences 95% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
5. 2000 The Patriot: wrote · directed by Roland Emmerich · critics 61%, audiences 81% · streaming on Paramount+
6. 2011 Falling Skies (TV series): wrote, created · critics 79%, audiences 68% · streaming on Netflix
7. 2013 Thor: The Dark World: wrote · directed by Alan Taylor · critics 67%, audiences 74% · streaming on Disney+
8. 2018 Kursk: wrote · directed by Thomas Vinterberg
9. 2018 The Catcher Was a Spy: wrote · directed by Ben Lewin
10. 2024 Those About to Die (TV series): wrote · directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner and Roland Emmerich · critics 46%, audiences 68% · streaming on Peacock