David Shaber

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David Shaber (born 1929 in Cleveland , Ohio , † November 4, 1999 in New York City , New York ) was an American screenwriter .

Life

Shaber was born and raised in Cleveland. He began studying medicine at Case Western Reserve University and worked as an outfitter at the local theater. Because of his passion for the theater, he finished his medical school and moved to the Yale School of Drama in New Haven , Connecticut.

Shaber soon began writing his own scripts. In the course of his career he wrote over 40 of his own scripts, six of which were implemented as feature films. He also produced the Broadway production of A Gift of Time , directed by Garson Kanin , starring Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland , and the off-Broadway production of Noel Coward's Conservation Piece . In addition, he also wrote other plays.

In the 1990s he taught advanced screenwriting at Columbia University .

Shaber died on November 4, 1999 in New York's Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan of complications from an aneurysm at the age of 70. He left his wife and two daughters; the dancer Remy Shaber and the musician Sam Shaber .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1963: Channing (TV series, story for 1 episode)
  • 1964: Mr. Broadway (TV series, story for 1 episode)
  • 1971: So good friends ( Such Good Friends , adaptation of the screenplay)
  • 1979: The Warriors ( The Warriors , writer)
  • 1979: Deadly Embrace ( Last Embrace , screenplay)
  • 1980: Your lips, your eyes ( Those Lips, Those Eyes , screenplay)
  • 1981: Nachtfalken ( Nighthawks , screenplay)
  • 1981: The rollover plot ( rollover , story and script)
  • 1990: The Hunt for Red October ( The Hunt for Red October , unnamed screenplay collaboration)
  • 1991: Flight of the Intruder ( Flight of the Intruder , writer)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Molly Mulshine: New York's Police Troubles Seen Through the Lens of 'The Warriors.' . In observer.com on January 14, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Obituary: David Shaber, 70, screenwriter . In: New York Times, November 20, 1999.
personal data
SURNAME Shaber, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland , Ohio , United States
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 1999
Place of death New York City , New York , United States