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David S. Goyer

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David S. Goyer

Born Dec 22, 1965 · 60 years77 titles 61 movies · 16 TV
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Biography

David Samuel Goyer (born December 22, 1965) is an American filmmaker, novelist, and comic book writer. He is best known for writing the screenplays and stories for several superhero films, including Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998), the Blade trilogy (1998–2004), Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012), Man of Steel (2013), and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). He has also directed four films: Zig Zag (2002), Blade: Trinity (2004), The Invisible (2007), and The Unborn (2009). He is the creator of the science fiction television series Foundation, which is loosely based on the Foundation series written by Isaac Asimov. Goyer was co-writer of the video games Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. He won a Saturn Award for Best Writing for Batman Begins (2005), received another nomination for Dark City, and was nominated for four Hugo Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article David S. Goyer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also known as

David S Goyer · Cynthia Verlaine · David Samuel Goyer · Ricardo Festiva · David Goyer · デヴィッド・S・ゴイヤー

Born

Dec 22, 1965

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

12

Acting credits

7

Directing

38

Writing

39

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