Rob Allyn (born October 18, 1959) is a former

political consultant Political consulting is a form of consulting that consists primarily of advising and assisting political campaigns. Although the most important role of political consultants is arguably the development and production of mass media (largely televi ...

to conservative politicians, turned film producer, screenwriter, media company owner and ''New York Times'' best-selling author. He is chairman and CEO of Margate House Films, based at

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in Sydney. Working with his son, director-screenwriter

Conor Allyn Conor Allyn is an American director, screenwriter, and producer from Dallas, Texas, who is best known for the 2021 film ''No Man's Land (2021 film), No Man's Land''. Biography Allyn graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where ...

, he co-wrote and produced ''Red and White'', ''Blood of Eagles'' and '' Hearts of Freedom'', along with the documentary ''Hungry is the Tiger.''

Early career

Born in California on October 18, 1959, Allyn gained his bachelor's degree in government from

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., where he attended the School of Foreign Service. He holds a Master of Liberal Arts Degree from

Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a Private university, private research university in Dallas, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico. SMU was founded on April 17, 1911, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, ...

and began his career as a Capitol Hill aide,

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executive speechwriter to Texas Governor Bill Clements in the early 1980s. In 2004, he was appointed to the board of directors of ACE Cash Express. in year 2014, Rob Allyn was hired by

Prabowo Subianto Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo (born 17 October 1951) is an Indonesian politician, businessman, and former four-star Indonesian Army, army general who is serving as the eighth and current president of Indonesia since 2024. He was previously t ...

's campaign in

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but Rob Allyn's involvement was denied by

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's political party.

Media industry

In 1983, Rob Allyn founded Allyn & Company, an advertising, public relations and political media agency based in Dallas, Austin, Phoenix and Mexico City. In 2002, Allyn sold his agency to

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and served for five more years as its CEO. During 25 years in the media industry, Allyn served as a political strategist to presidents, prime ministers, foreign governments and political parties.

Author, novelist and TV commentator

In 2007, Rob Allyn wrote ''Revolution of Hope'' with former Mexican President

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. Published in English and Spanish by

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. Allyn was also a television commentator on Fox News and PBS. He has appeared on CNN's ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The MacNeil-Lehrer Report'' and ''Listening to America with Bill Moyers''.

Film and entertainment industry

In 2007, Rob Allyn founded Margate House Films in south east Asia. His first film, '' Red and White (2009)'' received strong reviews. and won Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress and First Place People's Choice Award at the Bali International Film Festival. The film led to two sequels, ''Blood of Eagles'', and ''Heart of Freedom.'' Allyn also created, wrote and produced the feature documentary ''Hungry is the Tiger'' which was selected for the Rome Film Festival Asiatica Film MedialeRome Asiatic Film Mediale,
Hungry Is The Tiger
", 30 October 2009. and nominated as Best Documentary at the 53rd

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in Taiwan and the 2010 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival in the United States. In 2012, Allyn co-wrote and produced Java Heat, a crime-thriller set in Indonesia about an American (played by

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) who teams up with a local cop (Ario Bayu) to track down an eccentric jewel-thief (played by

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). The film was released worldwide in mid-2013. In 2019, Allyn began working on a biopic titled ''Rajah'' which tells the life of famed British-born adventurer

James Brooke James Brooke (29 April 1803 – 11 June 1868), was a British soldier and adventurer who founded the Raj of Sarawak in Borneo. He ruled as the first White Rajahs, White Rajah of Sarawak from 1841 until his death in 1868. Brooke was born and ra ...

who became the ruler of Sarawak. The film later titled '' Edge of the World'' is slated for an American-Malaysian joint release in June 2021.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allyn, Rob Living people Film producers from California Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni Southern Methodist University alumni 1959 births Screenwriters from California American chief executives in the mass media industry