David is the former production chief of Walt Disney Studios and the former president of Paramount Pictures. He has worked on more than 200 motion pictures and their screenplays, including such global franchises as Indiana Jones and Star Trek. He has guided countless adaptions of books and plays to movies including Forrest Gump, Elephant Man, Ordinary People, and Terms of Endearment.
An Emmy and Golden Globe recipient for his HBO production of Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny, David is a believer in giving back, wanting to inspire and equip the writers of tomorrow, believing fiction is an underutilized tool that can help build a better world.