David Seltzer

David Seltzer is an American screenwriter, producer and director, perhaps best known for writing the screenplays for The Omen and Bird on a Wire. As writer-director, Seltzer's credits include the 1986 coming-of-age romantic sports film 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.

Early life

David Seltzer was born to a Jewish family in Highland Park, Illinois in 1940.

Career

He was uncredited for his contributions to the screenplay of the 1971 musical film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. The author of the original book, Roald Dahl, is credited as the sole screenwriter; however, it has been revealed that Seltzer rewrote 30 percent of Dahl's script, adding such elements as the "Slugworth subplot", music other than the original Oompa Loompa compositions, and the ending dialogue for the film.
Seltzer's writing credits include the screenplays for The Omen, Prophecy, Six Weeks, My Giant, Dragonfly and Bird on a Wire, starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn. He wrote and directed Lucas, Punchline, Shining Through, and Nobody's Baby.
In 2002, Seltzer was reported to be writing a UK remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, from the novel by Patricia Highsmith. In 2008, he was reported to be writing an "Untitled Earthquake Project" for Hollywood director and producer J. J. Abrams, the plot of which was closely guarded, though it was confirmed that the film was not a remake of the 1974 disaster film ''Earthquake.''

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer
1971	Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971	The Hellstrom Chronicle
1972	One Is a Lonely Number
1975	The Other Side of the Mountain
1976	The Omen
1979	Prophecy
1982	Six Weeks
1983	Table for Five
1986	Lucas
1988	Punchline
1990	Bird on a Wire
1992	Shining Through
1997	The Eighteenth Angel
1998	My Giant
2001	Nobody's Baby
2002	Dragonfly
2006	The Omen

TV movies

Year	Title	Writer	Producer
1974	Larry
1977	Green Eyes
1985	Private Sessions
2011	Cinema Verite