Rob Lieber

Rob Lieber, born January 28, 1976, in good ol’ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has his fingerprints all over some wild Hollywood family flicks. No joke, if you’ve sat through a living room movie marathon with kids in the last decade, chances are you’ve bumped into his work. He’s the mind behind the script for “Peter Rabbit” (2018)—yeah, that wild CGI rabbit causing chaos in Mr. McGregor’s garden. That movie? It’s basically a sugar rush for your eyeballs and a total giggle-fest. Lieber’s writing takes a classic story, pumps it full of slapstick and zippy one-liners, and somehow makes a hundred-year-old bunny feel brand new. But his credits don’t stop there. Remember the pure chaos in “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” (2014)? That’s Rob too. He turned a beloved children’s book into a full-blown comedic disasterpiece, where literally everything that could go wrong for Alexander and his family does. The script’s energy is relentless—like, you barely get a breather between disasters, which is honestly half the fun. Then he went spooky with “Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween” (2018). He played around with R.L. Stine’s universe, bringing to life all sorts of creepy creatures and, yeah, gummy bears that try to eat you (don’t ask—just watch). Lieber’s got this knack for adapting stories that’ve been around forever, but he makes them feel seriously fresh, full of punchy jokes and wild moments. So, from mischievous rabbits to haunted Halloweens, if you want family chaos and laughs, that’s Lieber’s zone.