Saving Private Ryan was written by someone born in Keene, New Hew Hampshire.
Robert Rodat ( born Keene , New Hampshire , 1953 ) is an American film and television writer and television producer . Saving Private Ryan . Directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat , the film is notable for its graphic portrayal of war , and for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes , which includes a depiction of the Omaha Beach assault during the Normandy landings .