From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Seltzer (born 1940) is an American screenwriter, producer and director, perhaps best known for writing The Omen (1976), and Bird on a Wire (1990), starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn. As writer/director, Seltzer's credits include the 1986 teen tragi-comedy Lucas starring Corey Haim, Charlie Sheen and Winona Ryder, the 1988 comedy Punchline starring Sally Field and Tom Hanks, and 1992's Shining Through starring Melanie Griffith and Michael Douglas. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Seltzer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Filmography

• 2024The First Omen — Characters
• Damien — Characters
• 2011Cinema Verite — Writer
• 2006The Omen — Writer
• Revelations — Executive Producer, Creator
• 2002Dragonfly — Screenplay
• 2001Nobody's Baby — Director, Scenario Writer
• 2000666: The Omen Revealed
• 1998My Giant — Screenplay, Story
• 1997The Eighteenth Angel — Writer
• 1995The Omen — Characters
• 1992Shining Through — Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
• 1991Omen IV: The Awakening — Characters
• 1990Bird on a Wire — Screenplay
• 1988Punchline — Writer, Director
• 1987Someone to Watch Over Me — Screenplay
• 1986Lucas — Director, Writer
• 1985Private Sessions — Teleplay
• 1983Table for Five — Writer
• 1982Six Weeks — Screenplay
• 1981The Final Conflict — Characters
• 1979Prophecy — Writer, Novel
• 1978Damien - Omen II — Characters
• 1977Green Eyes — Screenplay, Producer
• 1976The Omen — Writer
• 1975My Father's House — Screenplay
• 1975The Other Side of the Mountain — Screenplay
• 1974Larry — Writer
• 1972King, Queen, Knave — Screenplay
• 1972One Is a Lonely Number — Screenplay
• 1971The Hellstrom Chronicle — Writer
• 1971Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory — Additional Writing
• 1968The Lonely Dorymen — Writer

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2022Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called — Self
• A History of Horror — Self
• 2007The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter David Seltzer — Himself
• 2001Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' — Self
• 2001The Omen Legacy — Self