David Reynolds (screenwriter)

David Reynolds is an American screenwriter for television and film. He's notable for writing the Disney classics The Emperor's New Groove and Finding Nemo.

Biography

Reynolds began his career as an actor, but then transitioned to writer.^[1] He began his writing career on TV with his writing debut on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Afterwards, he started to trend into film with his theatrical debut as additional story material on Mulan. After the success of Mulan, Disney gave Reynolds a 'six-year contract' deal to work for both Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios. Some later works with the "Mouse-House" included additional writing on story for A Bugs Life, writer of the host segments on Fantasia 2000, and got his official writing debut with The Emperor's New Groove.

He then work not alone as the writer, but with others like Atlantis: The Lost Empire with Tab Murphy, The Jungle Book 2 with Karl Geurs, and his acclaimed work yet, Finding Nemo with Andrew Stanton, and Bob Peterson. He received numerous nominations and awards for Nemo, including an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, a BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay, a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, and a Nebula Award for Best Script, and won an Annie for Writing in a Feature Production. His last movie credit goes for Toy Story 3 for additional dialogue and wrote the short The Polar Bears in 2012. In 2010, it was reported that he's supposed to team up with Sony Pictures Animation for an untitled feature with Stephan Franck co-write and direct the feature. On June 7th, 2015, Reynolds and New Groove director Mark Dindal are attending a conversation event at the Austin Film Festival to share their knowledge and their secrets and strategies.^[2]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Nomination

• Individual Achievement in Writing for The Emperor's New Groove (Annie) (2001)
• Best Original Screenplay for Finding Nemo (Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards) (2003)
• Discovering Screenwriting Award for Nemo (Discover Screenwriting Award) (2003)
• Best Writing, Screenplay - Original/Adapted for Nemo (Utah Film Critics Association Awards) (2003)
• Best Screenplay, Original for Nemo (Seattle Film Critics Awards) (2003)
• Best Script for Nemo (Nebula Award) (2004)
• Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for Nemo (Online Film & Television Association Film Award) (2004)
• Feature Film Category for Nemo (Hugo Awards) (2004)
• Best Screenplay - Original for Nemo (BAFTA Award) (2004)
• Best Original Screenplay for Nemo (Academy Awards) (2004)

Won

• Outstanding Writing in an Animated Feature Production for Nemo (Annie) (2004)

References

External links

• David Reynolds at the Internet Movie Database