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, starting in 1966 on the science fiction television series Doctor Who. But in the early 1990s, he then made a transitioned into a television writer.^[1] He made his writing debut on the late night television series, 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 worked with other writers like Atlantis: The Lost Empire with Tab Murphy, The Jungle Book 2 with Karl Geurs, and his most 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 was for Chimpanzee where he was a creative consultant and wrote the short filmThe Polar Bears in 2012. In 2010, it was reported that he's suppose to team up with Sony Pictures Animation for an untitled feature with Stephan Franck to co-write the feature. ^[2] On June 7, 2015, Reynolds and New Groove director Mark Dindal attended a conversation event for the Austin Film Festival to share their knowledge, their secrets, and strategies.

Filmography

Bibliography

Along with being an established screenwriter, he also currently writing books. These include:

• Why Wasn't I Taught This at School?
• Shadowgirls
• A - Z of '80s Rock

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
• Director Mark Dindal and Screenwriter David Reynolds, The Emperor's New Groove Interview