David Seltzer Biography (1940-)

Born 1940 in Highland Park, IL; married Eugenia Zuckerman (a flutist), 1987;children: four (two adopted), including Emily (an actress). Addresses:Agent: United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills,CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Screenwriter, director, producer, novelist
Birth Details: 1940; Highland Park, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Director
Lucas, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
Punchline, Columbia, 1988
Shining Through, 1992
Nobody's Baby, 2001
Film Executive Producer
The Eighteenth Angel, 1997
Shining Through, 1992
Television Producer and Director
Series
National Geographic Specials, 1964
Television Producer
Specials
Adventures at the Jade Sea (documentary), CBS, c. 1970
The Journey of Robert F. Kennedy (documentary), ABC, c. 1970
Movies
Green Eyes, ABC, 1977
(As David Lane Seltzer) Executive producer, Inherit the Wind, Showtime, 1999
Television Executive Producer
Pilots
Written in Stone, ABC, 2003
Television Appearances
Specials
(Uncredited) Himself, The Omen Legacy (documentary), AMC, 2001
Corey Haim: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2001
Stage Producer

F. Jasmine Addams (musical; based on Carson McCullers's story "TheMember of the Wedding"), Circle in the Square, New York City, 1971
(With David Black) Lysistrata, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1972
WRITINGS
Screenplays
The Hellstrom Chronicle (documentary), Cinema 5, 1971
(Uncredited) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, 1971
(With David Shaw), King, Queen, Knave (also known as Herzbube and Koenig, Dame, Bube; based on Vladimir Nabokov's novel of the same title), Avco Embassy, 1972
One Is a Lonely Number (also known as Two Is a Happy Number; based on Rebecca Morris's short story "The Good Humor Man"), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972
The Other Side of the Mountain (also known as A Window to the Sky), Universal, 1975
The Omen (also known as Birthmark, Omen I, Omen I: The Antichrist, and Omen I: The Birthmark), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
Prophecy (also known as Prophecy: The Monster Movie), Paramount, 1979
(Uncredited) The Final Conflict (also known as Omen III: The Final Conflict), 1981
Six Weeks (based on Fred Mustard Stewart's novel of the same title), Universal, 1982
Table for Five, Warner Bros., 1983
Lucas, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
(Uncredited) Someone to Watch over Me, 1987
Punchline, Columbia, 1988
(With Louis Venosta and Eric Lerner) Bird on a Wire, Universal, 1990
Shining Through, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
The Eighteenth Angel, Rysher Entertainment, 1997
My Giant, 1998
Nobody's Baby, 2001
Dragonfly, Buena Vista, 2002
Blackout, Paramount, 2002
Television Specials
Adventures at the Jade Sea (documentary), CBS, c. 1970
Television Movies
Sophia: A Self-Portrait, 1968
Larry (adapted from Robert McQueen's book Larry: Case History of a Mistake), CBS, 1974
(With David Sontag) My Father's House, ABC, 1975
Green Eyes, ABC, 1977
(With Thom Thomas) Private Sessions, NBC, 1985
Television Pilots
Written in Stone, ABC, 2003
Television Series
Incredible World of Animals, c. 1966
Novels
The Omen (novelization of his screenplay of the same title), New American Library, 1976
Prophecy (novelization of his screenplay of the same title), Ballantine, 1979
Contributor to periodicals, including Premiere.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Chicago Tribune, February 23, 1983; April 2, 1986; September 30, 1988; May 18, 1990
Los Angeles Times, February 17, 1983; May 1, 1986; September 30, 1988; May 18, 1990
New York Times, June 20, 1972; June 25, 1976; June 15, 1979; July24, 1979; February 18, 1983; March 28, 1986; September 24, 1989; May 18, 1990
New York Times Book Review, September 11, 1977
Washington Post, March 12, 1983; October 7, 1988
Washington Post Book World, August 22, 1976

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