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 Year Film Credit Notes1987 The Big Town Screenplay By Based on the novel "The Arm" by Clark Howard 1993 Donato and Daughter Screenplay By Based on the novel of the same name by Jack Early 1995 OutbreakWritten ByCo-Wrote screenplay with Laurence Dworet 1996 Phone Calls from the DeadWritten ByTV Movie 1998 ArmageddonStory ByCo-Wrote Story with Jonathan Hensleigh
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