Biography
Robert D. Siegel is an American screenwriter known for The Onion Movie and The Wrestler, as well as the writer and director of Big Fan. His movie The Wrestler won the Golden Lion at the 2008 Venice Film Festival and has earned several Best Picture nominations. Big Fan premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009. It was revealed in an online interview that Siegel attempted to write drafts for a comedy film but it ended up being a drama because of the conflicts in the film as well as avoiding Patton Oswalt being typecast as a comedic character.
Siegel is a graduate of the University of Michigan who later became senior editor of The Onion from 1996 to 1999, and editor-in-chief from 1999 to 2003.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Welcome to Chippendales
Role: Teleplay
TV • 2022
Welcome to Chippendales
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2022
Welcome to Chippendales
Role: Creator
TV • 2022
Pam & Tommy
Role: Writer
TV • 2022
Pam & Tommy
Role: Creator
TV • 2022
Cruise
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2018
Cruise
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2018
The Founder
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2016
Turbo
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2013
Big Fan
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2009
Big Fan
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2009
Big Fan
Role: Casting
MOVIE • 2009
The Wrestler
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2008
The Onion Movie
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2008
American Huckster
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • TBA