Robert Mark Kamen was born in the Bronx, New York. He graduated from the public school system of that city, received his BA from NYU in Literature and his Masters and Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1979 he sold the first screenplay he ever wrote to Warner Bros. Over the past 40 years Robert has written 23 feature films among them: Taps; The Karate Kid 1, 2, 3, and 5; The Power of One; Lethal Weapon 3; A Walk In The Clouds; The Fifth Element; Transporter 1, 2, 3; Taken 1, 2, 3.