Rob Cotterill

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Rob Cotterill
Born (1971-11-26) November 26, 1971 (age 52)
Alma mater Concordia University
Occupation(s)Producer, assistant director
Years active1994-present
Notable work Hobo with a Shotgun

Rob Cotterill (born November 26, 1971) is a Canadian film producer and assistant director. As part of Yer Dead Productions with friend and director Jason Eisener, they created Treevenge (2008) and, along with John Davies, Hobo with a Shotgun (2011) after making a winning mock trailer for Grindhouse (2007). Cotterill has also done production work for Possessor (2020), Tin Can (2020), Kids vs. Aliens (2022), and Infinity Pool (2023).

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Early life and career

Cotterill was born on November 26, 1971. [1] He graduated from Kennebecasis Valley High School in Quispamsis, New Brunswick and attended Concordia University in Montreal, where he studied film. His first works involved working as an assistant director, [2] including in works such as Starhunter , where he served as third assistant director. [3] For seven years, he worked on set of the Trailer Park Boys , where he met Nova Scotian director Jason Eisener, who brought up a mock trailer contest for the upcoming film Grindhouse . [2] Cotterill, along with Eisener and John Davies, created their entry, Hobo with a Shotgun, [4] with a production cost totalling $150. [2] As part of the 2007 release of Grindhouse, their fake trailer won, [4] beating over 300 other entries. The trailer was also uploaded on YouTube, where it generated over 730,000 views. [2]

Career

As a part of their production company Yer Dead Productions, Cotterill and Eisener created 2008 short film Treevenge . [5] In 2011, Cotterill, Eisener and Davies adapted their once-fake trailer into the feature-length film, Hobo with a Shotgun , [6] [7] [8] as a result from fan demand. Filming for the movie finished in mid-2010, [2] being shot in Dartmouth and Halifax in Nova Scotia. [9]

Cotterill has done further production work for the 2017 film The Crescent , [10] 2020 films Possessor and Tin Can , [11] 2022 film Kids vs. Aliens , [12] and 2023 film Infinity Pool . [13] He currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [2]

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  4. 1 2 "Grinding out raw film". Telegraph-Journal. April 21, 2007. p. 72. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
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  9. ↑ "Hobo With a Shotgun delivers pitch-perfect grindhouse". The Globe and Mail. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  10. ↑ Kay, Jeremy (20 December 2016). "Production wraps in Canada on 'The Crescent'". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  11. ↑ Malyk, Lauren (March 18, 2019). "Halifax filmmaker Seth Smith cracks open Tin Can" . Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  12. ↑ Grater, Tom (8 December 2021). "'V/H/S 94' & 'Hobo With A Shotgun' Producers Team For Sci-Fi Horror 'Kids VS Aliens'". Deadline. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  13. ↑ Goodfellow, Melanie (10 May 2019). "Celluloid Dreams boards Brandon Cronenberg's 'Infinity Pool' (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
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