Robert Roy Pool

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''. Provided by Wikipedia