Rob McKittrick is an American

United States

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 filmmaker whose directorial

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 debut was the 2005 independent film

Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...

 Waiting..., starring Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Rodney Reynolds is a Canadian film and television actor, best known for his roles in such films as National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Waiting..., The Amityville Horror, Just Friends, Definitely, Maybe, The Proposal, Buried, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Green Lantern.One of his best known...

. He also wrote the sequel to the film, Still Waiting...

Still Waiting...

Still Waiting... is an American independent film starring John Michael Higgins, and Luis Guzman, and the sequel to Waiting.... Some of the cast of the original film appear in the sequel. Adam Carolla and Justin Long appear in cameo roles...

(2009).

Biography

McKittrick grew up in Bradenton, Florida

Bradenton, Florida

Bradenton is a city in Manatee County, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's 2007 population to be 53,471. Bradenton is the largest Principal City of the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2007 estimated population of 682,833...

 and graduated from Bayshore High School in 1991. Following high school, he attended Manatee Community College

Manatee Community College

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. While working jobs in multiple restaurant

Restaurant

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s in the 1990s, McKittrick conceived the original concept for Waiting... based on his experiences in the restaurant business. He also appeared in an episode of "To Tell the Truth".

In 2009, he was brought onboard by Universal to develop Jay Baruchel

Jay Baruchel

Jonathan Adam Saunders "Jay" Baruchel is a Canadian actor. He has had a successful career in comedy films, and has appeared in supporting roles in such box office successes as Million Dollar Baby, Knocked Up and Tropic Thunder, as well as starring in films like She's Out of My League, The Trotsky,...

's project based on his Johnny Klutz character.

McKittrick currently lives in Hollywood Hills

Hollywood Hills

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, California

California

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