Robert Mark Kamen

Robert Mark Kamen
Born	The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States
Occupation	Screenwriter, producer
Years active	1981–present

Robert Mark Kamen is an American screenwriter and producer best known as creator and co-creator of The Karate Kid, Transporter and Taken franchises.

Kamen grew up in the Bronx borough of New York City. He received a B.A. from New York University and a Ph.D in American Studies from The University of Pennsylvania.

Kamen is a frequent collaborator of French writer, director and producer Luc Besson—his co-creator on The Fifth Element, The Transporter, and Taken. The two first worked together on the Natalie Portman and Jean Reno thriller The Professional. After the success of The Fifth Element, Besson invited Kamen to join him in his goal of creating a "mini-studio" in Europe, making "movies that would travel, international movies, you know, action movies."

Kamen lives in New York, owns a vineyard in Sonoma, and commutes to work in Paris at Besson’s headquarters.

Kamen is a Goju-Ryu karate practitioner.

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