Robert Tinnell

Filmmaking

Tinnell's work as a director includes the films Kids of the Round Table (1995), Frankenstein and Me (1996), which was very popular with fans of classic horror, and Believe (2000). Tinnell has frequently acknowledged his passion for horror, particularly classic horror films.^[1] Hammer Film Productions aficionados seek out Frankenstein and Me because of a sequence inspired by the 1960 Terence Fisher film Brides of Dracula, which starred Peter Cushing. Tinnell's film actually recreates a windmill set that is used in the Hammer film.^[2] In the same film, Tinnell meticulously recreated a scene reminiscent of Night of the Living Dead as well as other horror classics. All of the sequences featured children in the adult roles. Burt Reynolds and Louise Fletcher starred in Frankenstein and Me, alongside a young Ryan Gosling. (Stars Elisha Cuthbert and Gosling both had early film roles for Tinnell.)

As a producer, Tinnell worked in both the music video world as well as feature films. Among his credits as producer are the MTV Award-winning Paula Abdul music video "Straight Up," directed by David Fincher, and the notorious cult film Surf Nazis Must Die (released through Troma).

Authorship

Tinnell is best known in comics for a series of horror graphic novels, including The Black Forest, The Wicked West, The Living and The Dead, and Sight Unseen. His book Feast of the Seven Fishes was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album – Reprint.^[3] While promoting Feast of the Seven Fishes, Tinnell was a guest on several popular radio cooking shows, including The Splendid Table with Lynne Rossetto Kasper, the Rocco Dispirito Show, and KCRW's Good Food.

Teaching

Tinnell has served as a guest professor at several institutions, including West Virginia University, West Virginia State University, and Queens College.^[4]

Bibliography

• The Black Forest (co-scripted with Todd Livingston, with art by Neil Vokes, Image Comics, 2004)^[6]
• The Wicked West (co-scripted with Todd Livingston, with art Neil Vokes, Image Comics, 2004)
• The Faceless: A Terry Sharp Story (with art by Adrian Salmon, Image Comics, 2005)
• The Living and the Dead (co-scripted with Todd Livingston, with art by Micah Farritor, Speakeasy Comics, 2005)
• Feast of the Seven Fishes (writer/art by Ed Piskor and Alex Saviuk, Allegheny Image Factory, 2005)
• Sight Unseen (co-created with artist Bo Hampton, Image Comics, 2006)
• The Wicked West 2: Abomination and other tales (numerous contributors, Image Comics, 2006)
• Kids of the Round Table (co-wrote with Aaron J. Shelton, with art by Brendon Fraim and Brian Fraim, Action Lab Comics, 2015) based on the film of the same name.^[7][8]

Filmography