Flip Kobler began his performing career as an actor before morphing into a writer. With his wife and writing partner, Cindy Marcus, they have been penning away ever since selling their first screenplay to Paramount Studios in 1988. Together they have over 50 published plays and musicals performed worldwide. Flip and Cindy spent five years on staff at Disney where they wrote many animated films, including The Lion King II, Beauty and the Beast The Enchanted Christmas, Hunchback of Notre Dame II, Pocahontas II: Journey To A New World, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure and many, many others. Their live action family film, Jack and the Beanstalk, starring James Earl Jones, Christopher Lloyd, Katey Sagal, Wallace Shawn and Chevy Chase. They've written for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, penned many family films, and have recently shifted into unknown territory with horror. Flip both wrote and co-starred in The Mean One and Bury Me Twice.
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Biography from IMDb.
- May 10, 1967 (59)
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Writer and actor
- 11 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
Known for
What are Flip Kobler's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 7
Light 8 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 4
A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
Steady 6 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0
Casual 8 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 8 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy7
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Flip Kobler's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Flip Kobler's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
13 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
A Cell Phone Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Mean One(2022)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Bury Me Twice(2022)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Toby's Big Adventure(2020)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Scream at the Devil(2015)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Jack and the Beanstalk(2009)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
American Drive-In (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles from 1985 to 2025.
Film career
- 2022Screen debut· The Mean One
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Flip Kobler's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 21st percentile, the median of all 10; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the dialogue 35/100 and the plot and story 38/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Flip Kobler's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Flip Kobler work with?
People who share at least 2 of Flip Kobler's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Cindy Marcus shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Steven LaMorteShared titles: Bury Me Twice (2022), The Mean One (2022), Toby's Big Adventure (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Steven LaMorte
- Bradley RaymondShared titles: The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002), Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Bradley Raymond
- Darrell RooneyShared titles: Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001), The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Darrell Rooney
Writers
- Cindy MarcusShared titles: Bury Me Twice (2022), Jack and the Beanstalk (2009), The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002), Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001), Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World (1998), The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998), Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)See all 7 shared titles with Cindy Marcus
- Bill MotzShared titles: Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001), The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998), Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)See all 3 shared titles with Bill Motz
- Bob RothShared titles: Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001), The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998), Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)See all 3 shared titles with Bob Roth
Actors
- Chase MullinsShared titles: Bury Me Twice (2022), The Mean One (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Chase Mullins
- Haley Joel OsmentShared titles: The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002), Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Haley Joel Osment
- Jeff BennettShared titles: Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001), Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Jeff Bennett
- David Ogden StiersShared titles: Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World (1998), Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)See all 2 shared titles with David Ogden Stiers
Editors
- Mathew RoscoeShared titles: Bury Me Twice (2022), The Mean One (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Mathew Roscoe
- Colleen HalseyShared titles: The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002), Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Colleen Halsey
- Peter LonsdaleShared titles: The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002), The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Lonsdale
Producers
- Jeannine RousselShared titles: Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001), Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World (1998), The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)See all 3 shared titles with Jeannine Roussel
- Matt KeelenShared titles: Bury Me Twice (2022), Toby's Big Adventure (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Matt Keelen
- Gina ShayShared titles: Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World (1998), Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Gina Shay
