Robert Schenkkan

Robert Schenkkan

1953-03-19 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States 25 Credits

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I Know Catherine, the Log Lady

I Know Catherine, the Log Lady

2025

as Self

Acting

An authorized feature documentary about Catherine E. Coulson, best known as the Log Lady in David Lynch & Mark Frost's "Twin Peaks".

Hacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge

2016

Screenplay

8.2
Writing

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector...

All the Way

All the Way

2016

Executive Producer, Screenplay, Theatre Play

6.7
Producing Writing

Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his...

Spartacus

Spartacus

2004

Teleplay

6.7

Sentenced to spend out the rest of his adult life laboring in the harsh deserts of Egypt, the Thracian slave Spartacus gets a new lease on life when h...

The Quiet American

The Quiet American

2002

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her att...

Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse

1996

Writer

9.6
Writing

The legendary Native American chieftain refuses to go with his people peacefully to the reservation and starts a rebellion.

Keys

Keys

1994

as Ry Bimstone/Cyrus Rockworth

3.7
Acting

A one-time investigator gets back in the game when a family suffers a trauma similar to her own.

Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story

Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story

1993

7.2
Acting

When a woman dies in a supposed accident, her parents suspect their son-in-law of foul play. When the police begin to agree, the murder suspect vanish...

In Broad Daylight

In Broad Daylight

1991

as Rev. Don Douglas

5.7
Acting

The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a saleswom...

Pump Up the Volume

Pump Up the Volume

1990

as David Deaver

7.1
Acting

Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for ...

Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

1990

Acting

After months of a search for a serial killer, the police are able to catch the killer of some of the women. But the search is not over when the assist...

The Image

The Image

1990

as Wilton Hale

5.2
Acting

When career-focused journalist's investigation indirectly causes a suicide, he questions his own methods and life in general.

Out Cold

Out Cold

1989

as Sgt. Roberts

5.9
Acting

Sunny is married to the butcher, Ernie, and their marriage is about to end as both of them have affairs. Thus Sunny hires Lester Atlas as private inve...

Police Story: The Watch Commander

Police Story: The Watch Commander

1988

Acting

This is the story of policeman who has been on the job for over forty years. And one of his duties is to look out for all of the officers under him ca...

Amazing Grace and Chuck

Amazing Grace and Chuck

1987

as Pollack

5.7
Acting

Average American boy Chuck Murdock goes on a school outing to a nuclear weapons facility, where he learns about the destructive power that sits at the...

The Bedroom Window

The Bedroom Window

1987

as State Attorney Peters

6.3
Acting

Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window. The assailant flees and his victim is saved. But that sa...

Act of Vengeance

Act of Vengeance

1986

as Paul Gilly

5.6
Acting

In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.

The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project

1986

as Government Aide

6.2
Acting

A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, wi...

Sweet Liberty

Sweet Liberty

1986

as Helicopter Pilot

5.4
Acting

Michael Burgess is an academic who has written a scholarly book on the American Revolution which Hollywood has bought the film rights to. The arrival ...

Chain Letters

Chain Letters

1985

as Rick

5.9
Acting

Nine Manhattanites receive a chain letter. Depending on their decision to either pass the letter on or to break the chain, the various characters can ...

Places in the Heart

Places in the Heart

1984

as Texas Voice #2

7.2
Acting

In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - ...

Murder in Coweta County

Murder in Coweta County

1983

as Wilson Turner

6.8
Acting

Wallace a wealthy landowner in Meriwether County, Georgia, has virtually unlimited power in the county, including having the sheriff under his control...

The Neighborhood

The Neighborhood

1982

as Neighbour

Acting

A neighborhood in Brooklyn reacts to the first black families moving into the community.

Sanctuary of Fear

Sanctuary of Fear

1979

as Father Wembley

6.0
Acting

A Manhattan priest with a penchant for solving crimes goes to the aid of a young actress. She is becoming enmeshed in a series of bizarre incidents sh...

Friday Night Lights

N/A

Writer

Writing

A look at the lives of young American football players in a small town Del Rio, Texas. A remake of the 2004 film.