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Flip Kobler

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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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    Krystle Martin and David Howard Thornton in The Mean One (2022)
    The Mean One
    4.0
    • Lou
    • 2022
    Bury Me Twice (2022)
    Bury Me Twice
    6.5
    • 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, Neve Campbell, Nathan Lane, Andy Dick, Jason Marsden, and Ernie Sabella in Le Roi lion 2 : L'Honneur de la tribu (1998)
    Le Roi lion 2 : L'Honneur de la tribu
    6.4
    Video
    • Writer
    • 1998

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    • Tessa Glanville, Alan Peterson, Edward Hong, Aisha Holden, Will Sterling, Katie McCuen, and JJ Obee in A Cell Phone Movie (2025)
      A Cell Phone Movie
      7.5
      • Director Bill
      • 2025
    • Serene Zloof, Christina Marie Leonard, Victoria Ippolito, and Brianna Oppenheimer in Easy to Scare (2024)
      Easy to Scare
      Short
      • The Creep
      • 2024
    • Krystle Martin and David Howard Thornton in The Mean One (2022)
      The Mean One
      4.0
      • Lou
      • 2022
    • Bury Me Twice (2022)
      Bury Me Twice
      6.5
      • Lt. Philip Myers
      • 2022
    • Amy Schumacher and Brey Chanadet in Nightwatch (2019)
      Nightwatch
      TV Mini Series
      • Maurl
      • 2019–2022
    • Silent and Forgotten (2018)
      Silent and Forgotten
      7.0
      • Mousy Deranged Man
      • 2018
    • Jessica D. Stone in Bergeracky Chronicles (2012)
      Bergeracky Chronicles
      TV Mini Series
      • Cyrano de Bergerac
      • Stage Manager
      • Self
      • 2012
    • Jessica D. Stone in Some Sweet Day Opening Night at the Knightsbridge Theatre (2011)
      Some Sweet Day Opening Night at the Knightsbridge Theatre
      Video
      • Ken
      • Self
      • 2011
    • American Drive-In (1985)
      American Drive-In
      4.6
      • Mike
      • 1985

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    • Gumshoe High
      • Writer
      • Post-production



    • Krystle Martin and David Howard Thornton in The Mean One (2022)
      The Mean One
      4.0
      • written by
      • 2022
    • Bury Me Twice (2022)
      Bury Me Twice
      6.5
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • No Reservations
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Donald Watson and Amy Schumacher in Memory Lane (2021)
      Memory Lane
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Toby's Big Adventure (2020)
      Toby's Big Adventure
      5.5
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • Powerpuff Girls: The Long Way Back (2018)
      Powerpuff Girls: The Long Way Back
      5.3
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2018
    • Nolan Long and Finn Kobler in Beaver and Bradly Show (2012)
      Beaver and Bradly Show
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2012–2013
    • Jessica D. Stone in Bergeracky Chronicles (2012)
      Bergeracky Chronicles
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2012
    • Jessica D. Stone in Some Sweet Day Opening Night at the Knightsbridge Theatre (2011)
      Some Sweet Day Opening Night at the Knightsbridge Theatre
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2011
    • Colin Ford and Chloë Grace Moretz in Jack et les haricots magiques (2009)
      Jack et les haricots magiques
      4.6
      • screenplay
      • 2009
    • Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus in Nottingham: A Totally Teen Musical (2007)
      Nottingham: A Totally Teen Musical
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2007
    • Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tom Hulce, Jason Alexander, Haley Joel Osment, Charles Kimbrough, and Jane Withers in Le Bossu de Notre-Dame 2: Le Secret de Quasimodo (2002)
      Le Bossu de Notre-Dame 2: Le Secret de Quasimodo
      4.6
      Video
      • screenplay by
      • 2002
    • Alyssa Milano, Cathy Moriarty, Chazz Palminteri, Jeff Bennett, Jodi Benson, and Scott Wolf in La Belle et le Clochard 2 : L'Appel de la rue (2001)
      La Belle et le Clochard 2 : L'Appel de la rue
      5.7
      Video
      • additional screenplay material by
      • 2001
    • Matthew Broderick, Neve Campbell, Nathan Lane, Andy Dick, Jason Marsden, and Ernie Sabella in Le Roi lion 2 : L'Honneur de la tribu (1998)
      Le Roi lion 2 : L'Honneur de la tribu
      6.4
      Video
      • screenplay
      • 1998
    • Irene Bedard in Pocahontas II : Un monde nouveau (1998)
      Pocahontas II : Un monde nouveau
      4.8
      Video
      • screenplay
      • 1998

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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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