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Paul Rothbart
Paul Rothbart is an American screenwriter, independent film director, actor and stand up comedian.

He started as a stand up comic in the early 1990s, working show case clubs in New York as well as traveling the circuit up and down the East Coast. He wrote his first two screenplays in 1986 and 1988. He returned to screenwriting in late 2010, joining the Litchfield Hills Film Festival Screenwriters' Group. It was there he met his current writing partner, Cooper Campbell. Rothbart wrote the romantic comedy feature, Soul Mate, in 2011. In 2012, he worked on director Doug DeMarco's psychological thriller, Facades, set for production in 2013. He also co-wrote the romantic comedy short, "Isn't It Romantic?" with Campbell. Production on "Isn't It Romantic?" began on October 13, 2012, in Middlebury, Conn., with Rothbart directing and co-starring with Campbell, who is also the producer.



Early life
Rothbart was born Paul Lawrence Rothbart Jr. on June 19, 1961, in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, N.Y. His father, Paul Sr. was a transfer clerk on Wall St., his mother Audrey (nee Elmendorf) worked as a school aide. He has a younger brother, Robert, born in 1963 and a younger sister, Rita, born in 1965.