Rob Smat
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Rob Smat is a writer and director from Texas and currently based in the Southwest. After graduating USC's cinema studies and screenwriting programs, Rob established himself as the youngest filmmaker to secure a Netflix license with the debut of 2019's The Last Whistle, an homage to small town sports dramas, which he and his classmates produced on a $100K budget.
Following Whistle's success -- yet hampered by the dawn of COVID -- Rob diversified his creative efforts between writing, directing, and books. Smat's spec work drew recognition from the Collyer Foundation/WGA East, BET's Project CRE8, and the Austin Film Festival. He published two non-fiction books with Gaudium Publishing, followed by a series of short stories written for filmic adaptation, including the viral Reddit hit, Say Dada. His debut documentary feature, WALKOUT, debuted at the end of 2024, produced with under $10K.
Smat's screenwriting specs include a variety of genre hybrids. He's also completed work on his debut sci-fi thriller novel, The Early Man.
Outside of film and TV, Rob is an avid fantasy football player, whiskey collector, Halo fan, disc golfer, and father.
Following Whistle's success -- yet hampered by the dawn of COVID -- Rob diversified his creative efforts between writing, directing, and books. Smat's spec work drew recognition from the Collyer Foundation/WGA East, BET's Project CRE8, and the Austin Film Festival. He published two non-fiction books with Gaudium Publishing, followed by a series of short stories written for filmic adaptation, including the viral Reddit hit, Say Dada. His debut documentary feature, WALKOUT, debuted at the end of 2024, produced with under $10K.
Smat's screenwriting specs include a variety of genre hybrids. He's also completed work on his debut sci-fi thriller novel, The Early Man.
Outside of film and TV, Rob is an avid fantasy football player, whiskey collector, Halo fan, disc golfer, and father.
