
Directing
Rob Schmidt
Born September 25, 1965 · Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Robert Schmidt Barracano (born September 25, 1965) is an American film director and writer. His film credits include Wrong Turn and Crime and Punishment in Suburbia. He also created a pilot called American Town for Twentieth Century Fox. He directed a Masters of Horror episode called "Right to Die." His thriller The Alphabet Killer, which reunited him with Eliza Dushku (Wrong Turn), Martin Donovan ("Right to Die"), and Michael Ironside (Crime and Punishment in Suburbia), has been picked up for international distribution by New Films International. He is married to photographer Zoë Barracano.
Known for

6.1
Wrong Turn
Director

6.2
The Doom Generation
Gaffer

7.4
Masters of Horror
Director

5.2
The Alphabet Killer
Finance, Director

6.9
Fear Itself
Director

7.3 TMDB
Room for Murder
Director

5.8
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
Director

6.3
Right to Die
Director

7.1
Your Worst Nightmare
Director

4.0 TMDB
Speed of Life
Director, Writer

6.9 TMDB
Dead Silent
Director

5.3
The Pompatus of Love
Gaffer

7.8 TMDB
Reservoir Dogs Revisited
Self

8.0 TMDB
Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn'
Self

9.0 TMDB
Stan Winston: Monster Mogul
Self

9.0 TMDB
Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods
Self

Scum of the Earth
Self

Worst Thing About Coming Out
Director

The Spirit Box
Director
Fran K.: Frankenstein
Director, Writer
Filmography
- 2026Scum of the EarthSelfMovie
- 2018Room for MurderDirectorMovie
- 2018Fran K.: FrankensteinDirector, WriterMovie
- 2016Dead SilentDirectorSeries
- 2014Your Worst NightmareDirectorSeries
- 2012Worst Thing About Coming OutDirectorMovie
- 2009The Spirit BoxDirectorMovie
- 2008The Alphabet KillerFinance, DirectorMovie
- 2008Fear ItselfDirectorSeries
- 2007Right to DieDirectorMovie
- 2005Masters of HorrorDirectorSeries
- 2005Reservoir Dogs RevisitedSelfMovie
- 2004Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn'SelfMovie
- 2004Stan Winston: Monster MogulSelfMovie
- 2004Eliza Dushku: Babe in the WoodsSelfMovie
- 2003Wrong TurnDirectorMovie
- 2000Crime + Punishment in SuburbiaDirectorMovie
- 1999Speed of LifeDirector, WriterMovie
- 1996The Pompatus of LoveGafferMovie
- 1995The Doom GenerationGafferMovie