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Flip Kobler

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  • Writer
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Flip Kobler
Flip Kobler began his performing career as an actor before morphing into a writer. With his wife and writing partner, Cindy Marcus, they have been penning away ever since selling their first screenplay to Paramount Studios in 1988. Together they have over 50 published plays and musicals performed worldwide.

Flip and Cindy spent five years on staff at Disney where they wrote many animated films, including The Lion King II, Beauty and the Beast The Enchanted Christmas, Hunchback of Notre Dame II, Pocahontas II: Journey To A New World, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure and many, many others. Their live action family film, Jack and the Beanstalk, starring James Earl Jones, Christopher Lloyd, Katey Sagal, Wallace Shawn and Chevy Chase. They've written for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, penned many family films, and have recently shifted into unknown territory with horror. Flip both wrote and co-starred in The Mean One and Bury Me Twice.
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Known for

Krystle Martin in The Mean One (2022)
The Mean One
3.9
  • Lou
  • 2022
Danny Hansen, Dina Cataldi, Theodus Crane, Chase Mullins, and Lelia Symington in Bury Me Twice (2022)
Bury Me Twice
  • Lt. Philip Myers
  • 2022
Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell, Colm Meaney, Nana Visitor, Avery Brooks, Armin Shimerman, Rene Auberjonois, and Alexander Siddig in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
8.1
TV Series
  • Writer
Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Ashley Edner, Cam Clarke, Robert Guillaume, Edward Hibbert, Michelle Horn, Ryan O'Donohue, Ernie Sabella, and Charity Walthrop in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
6.4
Video
  • Writer
  • 1998

Credits

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Actor

  • Easy to Scare
    • The Creep
    • Post-production
    • Short
  • Return to Fear
    • Dad
    • Post-production
  • Krystle Martin in The Mean One (2022)
    The Mean One
    • Lou
    • 2022
  • Danny Hansen, Dina Cataldi, Theodus Crane, Chase Mullins, and Lelia Symington in Bury Me Twice (2022)
    Bury Me Twice
    • Lt. Philip Myers
    • 2022
  • Amy Schumacher and Brey Chanadet in Nightwatch (2019)
    Nightwatch
    • Maurl
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2019
  • Silent and Forgotten (2018)
    Silent and Forgotten
    • Mousy Deranged Man
    • 2018
  • American Drive-in (1985)
    American Drive-in
    • Mike
    • 1985

Writer

  • Gumshoe High
    • Writer
    • Post-production
  • Krystle Martin in The Mean One (2022)
    The Mean One
    • Writer
    • 2022
  • Danny Hansen, Dina Cataldi, Theodus Crane, Chase Mullins, and Lelia Symington in Bury Me Twice (2022)
    Bury Me Twice
    • Writer
    • 2022
  • No Reservations
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Donald Watson and Amy Schumacher in Memory Lane (2021)
    Memory Lane
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Toby's Big Adventure (2020)
    Toby's Big Adventure
    • Writer
    • 2020
  • Powerpuff Girls: The Long Way Back (2018)
    Powerpuff Girls: The Long Way Back
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Colin Ford and Chloë Grace Moretz in Jack and the Beanstalk (2009)
    Jack and the Beanstalk
    • screenplay
    • 2009
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002)
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
    • screenplay by
    • Video
    • 2002
  • Alyssa Milano, Cathy Moriarty, Chazz Palminteri, Jeff Bennett, Jodi Benson, and Scott Wolf in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001)
    Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
    • additional screenplay material by
    • Video
    • 2001
  • Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Ashley Edner, Cam Clarke, Robert Guillaume, Edward Hibbert, Michelle Horn, Ryan O'Donohue, Ernie Sabella, and Charity Walthrop in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)
    The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
    • screenplay
    • Video
    • 1998
  • Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World (1998)
    Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World
    • screenplay
    • Video
    • 1998
  • Robby Benson and Paige O'Hara in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
    Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
    • written by
    • Video
    • 1997
  • Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell, Colm Meaney, Nana Visitor, Avery Brooks, Armin Shimerman, Rene Auberjonois, and Alexander Siddig in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 1994

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  • Other works
    Along with his wife Cindy Marcus, Flip is a prolific playwright, among them teen-themed plays based on classic works of literature. Together with composer Dennis Poore they run the Showdown Stage Company at the Hub Theatre in N. Hollywood, CA, nurturing young actors. He continues to write other projects.

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    Originally wrote an animated movie version of "Pirates of the Carribean" with wife Cindy Marcus. They were allowed to walk through the entire ride at Disneyland to help prepare for the project. During pre-production the film was abandoned in favor of the live-action version.

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