David Newman
- Writing
- February 4, 1937 · New York City, New York, USA
- June 27, 2003
Biography
David Newman (February 4, 1937 - June 27, 2003) was an American filmmaker. From the late 1960s through the early 1980s he frequently collaborated with Robert Benton. He was married to fellow writer Leslie Newman, with whom he had two children, until the time of his death. He died in 2003 of conditions from a stroke. Newman studied at the University of Michigan.
Known for
Filmography
- Christmas with Strangers · Producer
- Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut · Screenplay
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood · Self
- Takedown · Screenplay
- HIStory on Film, Volume II · Screenplay
- Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave · Self
- The Making of Moonwalker · Self
- Moonwalker · Screenplay
- R.O.T.O.R. · Associate Producer
- Santa Claus: The Movie · Screenplay, Story
- Sheena · Screenplay, Story
- Superman III · Screenplay
- Still of the Night · Story
- Jinxed! · Screenplay
- Superman II · Screenplay
- Superman · Screenplay
- The Crazy American Girl · Writer
- It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! · Writer, Theatre Play
- Bad Company · Writer
- Oh! Calcutta! · Writer
- What's Up, Doc? · Screenplay
- There Was a Crooked Man... · Writer
- Bonnie and Clyde · Writer