Bio

Robert K. Elder is writer and film columnist for the Chicago Tribune. His column, Screen Scene, appears every Friday in the Tribune’s Movie section.

His work has appeared in The New York Times, Premiere, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Salon.com, The Oregonian and many other publications.

Elder is also the editor of “John Woo: Interviews,” the first authoritative chronicle of the filmmaker’s life, legacy and career. He has also contributed to books on poker, comic books and film design.

A former member of the Chicago Film Critics Association, Elder has taught film classes at Facets Film School.

He currently teaches journalism at Columbia College Chicago and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and Communication.

It’s a little known fact that he survived a Snuffleupagus encounter in the wild.

A Montana native and graduate of the University of Oregon, Rob lives and writes in Chicagoland.

Rob has been known to carry a digital voice recorder.