Robert Roy Pool (born 1953) is an American screenwriter, best known for his authorship of the motion pictures Outbreak (1995), starring Dustin Hoffman, and The Big Town (1987), starring Matt Dillon. He also received a "story by" credit on the motion picture Armageddon (1998), which starred Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton. Pool has collaborated with Laurence Dworet, a former emergency department doctor, on multiple scripts including the unproduced Ultimatum.

Filmography

YearFilmCreditNotes
1987The Big TownScreenplay ByBased on the novel "The Arm" by Clark Howard
1993Donato and DaughterScreenplay ByBased on the novel of the same name by Jack Early
1995OutbreakWritten ByCo-Wrote screenplay with Laurence Dworet
1996Phone Calls from the DeadWritten ByTV Movie
1998ArmageddonStory ByCo-Wrote Story with Jonathan Hensleigh

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