David Rabinowitz

David Rabinowitz (* 1987 or 1988 in East Brunswick ) is an American screenwriter and film producer . As a co- writer on Spike Lee's film BlacKkKlansman , Wachtel received the award for best screenplay at the 2019 Academy Awards .

Life

Originally from New Jersey, David Rabinowitz graduated from Quinnipiac University in Hamden . After working as a producer of multimedia content for the Wall Street Journal , he began working as an editor.

He has a long friendship with Charlie Wachtel , with whom Rabinowitz worked on the script for BlacKkKlansman by Spike Lee . They both graduated from East Brunswick High School in 2005 and both attended American University and Quinnipiac University, where they graduated in 2009. After Wachtel moved to Los Angeles in 2009, Rabinowitz followed him in 2012. They first heard about Ron Stallworth's story, which is told in the film, in July 2015 on Facebook.

Filmography (selection)

• 2012: Harmless (short film)
• 2013: It's Tough Out There (short film)
• 2014: Madness (short film)
• 2018: BlacKkKlansman

Awards (selection)

Critics' Choice Movie Award

• 2019 : Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay ( BlacKkKlansman )

Online Film Critics Society Award

• 2019: Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay (BlacKkKlansman)

Oscar

• 2019 : Award for the best adapted screenplay (BlacKkKlansman)

Web links

• David Rabinowitz in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press release for 'BlacKkKlansman'. (PDF, French)
2. ↑ Cheryl Makin: Written by East Brunswick grads, 'BlacKkKlansman' earns $ 10.5 million in first weekend. In: mycentraljersey.com, August 12, 2018.
3. ↑ Pete Hammond: Critics Choice Awards: 'The Favorite' 14 Nominations; 'Black Panther' A Marvel; 'First Man' rebounds; 'The Americans' Leads TV Series. In: deadline.com, December 10, 2018.
4. ↑ 2018 Awards. In: ofcs.org, December 26, 2018.