Bobby Florsheim
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Robert Florsheim (born December 19, 1969) is an American screenwriter, best known for co-writing The Passion Of The Ark with Josh Stolberg, (the basis for the film "Evan Almighty"). Their original script was reported by Daily Variety as the highest priced spec script ever sold by unproduced screenwriters (April, 2004). In refashioning the script into "Evan Almighty", Universal Studios discarded the script and then hired screenwriter Steve Oedekerk, who received sole writing credit on the finished film.
He also co-wrote the scripts for "Man-Witch" (starring Jack Black and directed by Todd Phillips), the book adaptation of "The Spellman Files", produced by Laura Ziskin, as well as the book adaptation of "The Candy Shop War". In addition, Florsheim has written scripts for Steven Spielberg, Mike Myers, Michael Keaton, Bette Midler, and others.
Born in Chicago, he attended the Francis W. Parker School. He graduated with honors from Stanford University with a degree in Drama in 1992. In 1995, Florsheim received his M.F.A. from the USC School of Cinema-Television. He lives in Los Angeles.
