Robin Schorr

Robin Schorr is founder and C.E.O. of Schorr Pictures, a production company dedicated to the production of distinctive commercial feature films and television. The company has its own development fund, which uniquely enables SP to independently acquire and develop quality books and screenplays for both the studio and independent feature films as well as for network and cable television.

The company's first production was The Pretty One in 2013. The company produced "Inner Demons," directed by Seth Grossman and written by Glenn Gers. Productions for Schorr and SP in 2013 include "We Love You Guys," a comedy by Hank Nelken, produced with QED International; "Cold Warriors" by Todd Berger with Millennium Entertainment; and "Building a Better Boy" by Jason Mayland for Disney Channel. The company developed studio projects "The Grimm Legacy" with DreamWorks Animation, based on the novel by Polly Schulman, and "Time Between Us" for CBS Films, based on the novel by Tamara Stone.

Previously, Schorr was head of production for River Road Entertainment, where she was the executive producer of "Food, Inc.", the company's acclaimed documentary on agribusiness. The film was awarded two Emmy Awards, including Best Documentary and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary. During Schorr's tenure at River Road, the company made Sean Penn's critically acclaimed "Into the Wild," based on the best-selling book by Jon Krakauer.

Schorr served as president of production for Lionsgate-based Sobini Films where she produced the Universal Pictures release "Peaceful Warrior" as well as the Paramount/Lionsgate co-production "The Prince and Me," starring Julia Stiles and Miranda Richards. She was head of production for Trimark Films where she oversaw Bill Paxton's "Frailty," starring Matthew McConaughey among many other films. As SVP at Kennedy/Marshall productions, Schorr's projects included M. Night Shyamalan's "The Sixth Sense," which earned six Oscar nominations and took in over $290 million at the box office. As VP Laurence Mark Productions, Schorr worked on Cameron Crowe's "Jerry Maguire," which was nominated for five Academy Awards and earned an Oscar win for Cuba Gooding, Jr. Schorr also served as VP at Sandollar Productions, where she championed the script for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" written by a then-unknown writer named Joss Whedon.

Schorr received her M.F.A. in Production at UCLA film school and studied history as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley. She started her career as a disc jockey in the Bay Area.

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