Rod Dovlin

Who is Rod Dovlin?

Rod Dovlin is a producer, director, and writer of television and film projects.

Dovlin is best known for producing behind-the-scenes documentary work on feature films for major studios, including The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Terminator Salvation, The Princess and the Frog, Bolt, Jonah Hex, My Bloody Valentine 3D and Warrior.

Dovlin's behind-the-scenes work led him to syndicated television programming, where he contributed to programs including Extra, Entertainment Tonight, Hard Copy and Access Hollywood.

In addition, Dovlin worked for E! Entertainment Television, in an on-camera role as a correspondent for its long-running series, The Gossip Show. Dovlin also served as music reporter for the network's E! News Daily program.

Starting out in 1988, at the now-defunct PASS Sports, Dovlin left Michigan for Los Angeles in 1993. Once there, he began writing for a new local entertainment publication, AXCESS Magazine. Within his first year with the magazine, he had become the Entertainment Editor and brought in cover stories with celebs including Quentin Tarantino, Salma Hayek, Sandra Bullock, Robert Rodriguez and many others.