David Self

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Self
Occupation	Screenwriter
Date Of Birth	Jan 8, 1970(1970-01-08)
Age	54
Birthplace	Texas City
Country	United States
Birth City	Texas
Horoscope	Capricorn

David Self Biography

David Self is one of the most popular and richest Screenwriter who was born on January 8, 1970 in Texas City, Texas, United States. David Self was born on January 8, 1970 at Texas City, Texas. He grew up at Danvers, Massachusetts, where he attended St. John’s College Preparatory School. He earned his bachelor’s as well as a master’s from English writing in the English department at Stanford University. He relocated into Los Angeles, California, after completing his studies. He had no connections, and landed an entry-level job in Walt Disney Pictures in 1994.

Prior to 1998 , all films Self was working on were for producers who were independent. The first screenplay he wrote for major studios is The Haunting, which he wrote for Steven Spielberg. After completing Thirteen Days, Self showed the script to Spielberg. Based on Self, Spielberg considered directing the film at some point. Spielberg then approached Self to write the script for his remake of his 1963 film The Haunting. Spielberg collaborated directly with Self to create the script. It was made into a feature in 1999 the script was extensively modified with the help of screenwriters and novelists Michael Tolkin (including a new ending) However, Self was the sole writer.

In 2005, Self pitched an untitled science fiction series to the Fox Network. Fox picked up the option to produce, and Breck Eisner directed a television movie (Beyond) in 2006. The backdoor pilot never was picked up as a series, however.

In 2006, Self was attached to two separate screenplays for films based on the superheroes Deathlok and Captain America. He also wrote an early draft based on another superhero, Namor.

The third script he wrote comprised Thirteen Days, based on the personal memoirs from John F. Kennedy advisor Kenneth O’Donnell. The script that was semi-fictional (which included O’Donnell’s counsel to Kennedy throughout Kennedy’s time during the Cuban Missile Crisis) was ordered by the producer Armyan Bernstein after having seen Dawn’s Early Light. Bernstein first met with Self in the hopes of writing a romantic story set against the backdrop that was the Cuban Missile Crisis, but Self convinced him to drop the love story and create an easy history film with O’Donnell acting as an “everyman” stand-in. Self started writing the script in spring 1997. Self collaborated closely with filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan on the script (Kasdan wanted to direct the film). This was the first script Self wrote to go into production, though it was only the third of Self’s films to be released.

David Self Net Worth

David Self is one of the richest Screenwriter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Self 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

David Christopher Self (born January 8 in 1970) is an American screenwriter who is best known for being the screenplay’s creator in the movies The Haunting, Road to Perdition The Wolfman, and Road to Perdition. The Wolfman.

It was his first spec-script titled Dawn’s Early Light, a thriller about an attack of terrorists against the White House. The script was never made, but it was circulated extensively throughout Hollywood. His first script that was commissioned was Firestorm which was a dramatic film script that was based on documentaries like Fires of Kuwait. The script was bought through Avatar Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, but the script fell into the midst of development and never completed. His second script, which was a adaptation of 1996 or 1997 from Joseph R. Garber’s novel about corporate espionage as well as murder, Vertical Run, was ordered through Warner Brothers, but it also went into hell in the development process and was never made.

Self’s fourth effort was Gates of Fire, a retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae from the point of a view of a young Spartan warrior who survives the battle. The script was based on Steven Pressfield’s novel of the same name. Pressfield was the first writer chosen to adapt the novel, but Self was brought in to make major changes and finish it. It sold in 1998. Another script, Coup D’Etat (about a military overthrow of the government of the United States), also sold in 1998, but both films went into development hell and never emerged.

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