Todd Rohal

Todd Rohal

History

Todd Rohal is an American independent filmmaker. His three feature films are 2012's Nature Calls, 2011's The Catechism Cataclysm, and 2006'sThe Guatemalan Handshake. He is also responsible for the short films Single Spaced (1997), Slug 660 (1998), Knuckleface Jones (1999) and Hillbilly Robot (2001). Single Spaced and Knuckleface Jones both feature actress Piper Perabo, a college friend of Rohal. He won the Jury Special Award for Best Film for The Guatemalan Handshake at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2006.

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Todd Rohal

Movies

The Suplex Duplex Complex
Writer
A neighboring pair of tag team wrestlers learn the downsides of life without a landlord.
The Suplex Duplex Complex
Director
A neighboring pair of tag team wrestlers learn the downsides of life without a landlord.
Uncle Kent 2
Editor
In a desperate search to create a follow-up to Joe Swanberg's 2011 film Uncle Kent, Kent Osborne travels to a comic book convention in San Diego where he loses his mind and confronts the end of the world.
Uncle Kent 2
Director
In a desperate search to create a follow-up to Joe Swanberg's 2011 film Uncle Kent, Kent Osborne travels to a comic book convention in San Diego where he loses his mind and confronts the end of the world.
M.O.P.Z.
Writer
A lazy janitor builds a robot to do his dirty work.
M.O.P.Z.
Director
A lazy janitor builds a robot to do his dirty work.
ABCs of Death 2
Director
Taking all that was great from the first instalment, the movie aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster-paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.
Rat Pack Rat
Screenplay
A Sammy Davis Jr. impersonator, hired to visit a loyal Rat Pack fan, finds himself performing the last rites at the boy's bedside.
Rat Pack Rat
Director
A Sammy Davis Jr. impersonator, hired to visit a loyal Rat Pack fan, finds himself performing the last rites at the boy's bedside.
Nature Calls
Writer
Polar-opposite brothers Randy and Kirk never saw eye-to-eye, but their rivalry is taken to a new level when Randy hijacks Kirk's son's sleepover, taking the boys on a Scout Trip to remember.
Nature Calls
Director
Polar-opposite brothers Randy and Kirk never saw eye-to-eye, but their rivalry is taken to a new level when Randy hijacks Kirk's son's sleepover, taking the boys on a Scout Trip to remember.
The Catechism Cataclysm
Screenplay
Father William Smoortser drops his bible into a toilet at a rest stop just before embarking on a day-long canoe trip, breaking loose all glorious hell.
The Catechism Cataclysm
Director
Father William Smoortser drops his bible into a toilet at a rest stop just before embarking on a day-long canoe trip, breaking loose all glorious hell.
The Sins of the Nude
Director
An intimate and disturbing glimpse into the life of a film critic, played out in a lonely hotel room on a rainy spring evening.
Hannah Takes the Stairs
Additional Writing
Hannah is a recent college graduate interning at a Chicago production company. She is crushing on two writers at work, Matt and Paul, who share an office and keep her entertained. Will a relationship with one of them disrupt the delicate balance of their friendship?
Hannah Takes the Stairs
Brian Duges
Hannah is a recent college graduate interning at a Chicago production company. She is crushing on two writers at work, Matt and Paul, who share an office and keep her entertained. Will a relationship with one of them disrupt the delicate balance of their friendship?
Reno
Editor
RENO premiered in Barcelona 2007 as part of the Sundance Film Festival Global Short Film Project. This is one of the first five films created for distribution on mobile phones. Song available at iTunes.
Reno
Cinematography
RENO premiered in Barcelona 2007 as part of the Sundance Film Festival Global Short Film Project. This is one of the first five films created for distribution on mobile phones. Song available at iTunes.
The Guatemalan Handshake
Producer
A mysterious power failure in a small mountain town coincides with the disappearance of one of its most eccentric young residents. Mystery piles upon mystery as his family and friends search for him, fail, and ultimately try to forget about him, an undertaking that results in many unexpected, and in some cases bizarre, effects on the town's already peculiar community.
The Guatemalan Handshake
Writer
A mysterious power failure in a small mountain town coincides with the disappearance of one of its most eccentric young residents. Mystery piles upon mystery as his family and friends search for him, fail, and ultimately try to forget about him, an undertaking that results in many unexpected, and in some cases bizarre, effects on the town's already peculiar community.
The Guatemalan Handshake
Director
A mysterious power failure in a small mountain town coincides with the disappearance of one of its most eccentric young residents. Mystery piles upon mystery as his family and friends search for him, fail, and ultimately try to forget about him, an undertaking that results in many unexpected, and in some cases bizarre, effects on the town's already peculiar community.
Hillbilly Robot
Director
A weirdly touching parable of human obsolescence... a strange funny, very smart film," or so said Andy Markowitz of the Baltimore City Paper (which also named it "Film of the Year" in 2002). This film features many cast members who would later be seen in THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE and a portion of its breakdancing scene appears in David Gordon Green's film SNOW ANGELS.
Knuckleface Jones
Director
Just as things start to turn ugly, a new folk hero emerges from the butthole of America. Knuckleface Jones is a tale of broken hearts and empty bladders, a story of hope and misshapen boobies.
Slug 660
Director
In a 1940s version of the future, a man is sent to a factory to work with a half-man/half-slug.
Single Spaced
Director
Single Spaced shouts a tale of a portly lad on the brink of shutting himself off from reality. An update of every film noir since the 1930's in roughly 16 minutes.