David Freeman
American screenwriter

David Freeman

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American screenwriter
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
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Screenwriter
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
1926(Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA)
Education:
Yale School of Drama
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David Freeman is an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and journalist who studied playwriting and dramatic literature at the Yale Drama School and currently teaches screenwriting seminars in Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife Judith Gingold.

Freeman wrote the last draft for Alfred Hitchcock's final project, The Short Night, a projected spy thriller which was never produced due to Hitchcock's failing health. Freeman wrote about his experiences in the 1984 book The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock, which includes his completed screenplay.

Filmography (as screenwriter)

  • The Catcher (TV movie) (1972)
  • Promise Him Anything (TV movie) (1975)
  • Heroes (1977) (uncredited)
  • First Love (1977)
  • The Border (1982)
  • Street Smart (1985)

Plays (as playwright)

  • Jesse and the Bandit Queen
  • A First Class Man

Bibliography (as author)

  • It's All True (novel)
  • One of Us (novel)
  • A Hollywood Education (short story collection)
  • The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock (memoir)