David S. Goyer
Writing · Production · Acting · Crew · Directing · Creator
Born December 22, 1965, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
David Samuel Goyer (born December 22, 1965) is an American filmmaker, novelist, and comic book writer. He is best known for writing the screenplays and stories for several superhero films, including Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998), the Blade trilogy (1998–2004), Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012), Man of Steel (2013), and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). He has also directed four films: Zig Zag (2002), Blade: Trinity (2004), The Invisible (2007), and The Unborn (2009). He is the creator of the science fiction television series Foundation, which is loosely based on the Foundation series written by Isaac Asimov. Goyer was co-writer of the video games Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. He won a Saturn Award for Best Writing for Batman Begins (2005), received another nomination for Dark City, and was nominated for four Hugo Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article David S. Goyer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- 2027Starman — Executive Producer
- 2026Night Patrol — Producer
- Murderbot — Executive Producer
- 2025Superman — Thanks
- 2024The First Omen — Producer
- Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities — Teleplay
- 2022Hellraiser — Screenstory, Producer
- The Sandman — Executive Producer, Teleplay, Creator
- 2021Antlers — Producer
- Foundation — Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Story, Creator
- 2021The Night House — Producer
- 2021The Tomorrow War — Producer
- 2019Terminator: Dark Fate — Screenplay, Story
- 2018A-X-L — Producer
- 2018Assassination Nation — Producer
- Constantine: City of Demons — Executive Producer
- 2018Constantine: City of Demons - The Movie — Executive Producer
- Krypton — Executive Producer, Writer, Story, Teleplay, Creator
- 2018Tau — Producer
- 2017The Shape of Water — Thanks
- 2016Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice — Screenplay, Executive Producer
- DC's Legends of Tomorrow — Thanks
- 2016The Birth of a Nation — Executive Producer
- 2016The Forest — Producer
- Constantine — Story, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- The Flash — Thanks
- Da Vinci's Demons — Creator
- 2013Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
- 2013Man of Steel — Screenplay, Story
- 2012DevilDolls — Writer
- 2012The Dark Knight Rises — Story
- 2011Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance — Executive Producer, Story, Screenplay
- 2010Demonic Toys: Personal Demons — Characters
- FlashForward — Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
- 2009The Unborn — Director, Writer
- 2008Batman: Gotham Knight — Screenplay
- 2008Jumper — Screenplay
- 2008The Dark Knight — Story
- 2007Ghost Rider — Executive Producer
- 2007The Invisible — Director
- 2006Blade: House of Chthon — Script
- Blade: The Series — Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- 2005Batman Begins — Screenplay
- Threshold — Director, Producer, Writer
- 2004Blade: Trinity — Director, Writer, Producer
- 2002Blade II — Writer, Executive Producer
- 2002Zig Zag — Director, Screenplay
- FreakyLinks — Creator
- 2000Mission to Mars — Co-Producer
- 1998Blade — Writer
- 1998Dark City — Screenplay
- 1998Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. — Writer
- Perversions of Science — Screenplay
- Sleepwalkers — Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- 1996The Crow: City of Angels — Screenplay
- 1994The Puppet Masters — Screenplay
- 1993Arcade — Screenplay
- 1993The Substitute — Writer
- 1992Demonic Toys — Screenplay
- 1991Kickboxer 2: The Road Back — Writer
- 1990Death Warrant — Writer
- Fantastic Voyage — Writer
- Fatal Fury — Screenplay
- Rogue — Producer
- The Blob — Producer
- The Reincarnation of Peter Proud — Producer
Appearances as themselves (11)
- 2013The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy — Self
- 2012Blade II: Blood Brothers — Self
- 2012Ending the Knight — Self
- 2008Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach — Self
- 2007Bloodsucking Cinema — Self
- 2006The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter David Goyer — himself
- 2005Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade Trinity — Self
- 2002The Blood Pact: The Making of Blade II — Self
- 1998La Magra — Self
- 1998Origins of 'Blade': A Look at Dark Comics — Self
- 1998The Blood Tide — Self