David Reynolds
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Biography
David Reynolds is an American screenwriter for television and film. His credits include the Disney animated films The Emperor's New Groove and Finding Nemo.
Reynolds is currently a representative for The Gersh Agency.
Biography
In the early 1990s, he became a television writer.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 Feature Animationand Pixar. Some later works with the "Mouse-House" included additional writing on story for A Bug's Life, writer of the host segments on Fantasia 2000, and got his official writing debut with The Emperor's New Groove.
He went on to write with other writers on films like on Atlantis: The Lost Empire with Tab Murphy, The Jungle Book 2 with Karl Geurs and Evan Spiliotopoulos, 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 nomination for Best Original Screenplay, a BAFTA nomination for Best Original Screenplay, a Hugo Award nomination for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, and a Nebula Award nomination for Best Script, and won an Annie for Writing in a Feature Production.
His last movie credit was for working on Chimpanzee where he was a creative consultant and wrote the short film The Polar Bears in 2012. In 2007, Reynolds was slated to write a film adaptation of the book Nightmare Academy. In 2010, it was reported that he was working at Sony Pictures Animation for a feature titled Futuropolis that would've been co-written and directed by Stephan Franck. As of 2018, no updates have emerged for Nightmare Academy and Futuropolis. On June 7, 2015, Reynolds and New Groove director Mark Dindal attended a conversation event for the Austin Film Festival where they shared their knowledge, secrets, and strategies.
Filmography
Title | Year | Role |
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One More Saturday Night | 1986 | Actor: Russ Cadwell |
Crime Story (1 episode) | Actor: Driver #2 | |
Soul Man | Actor: Ernie | |
China Beach (1 episode) | 1988 | Actor: Pilot #1 |
Raising Miranda (1 episode) | Unknown | |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (20 episodes) | 1993-94 | Writer |
Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series (1 episode) | 1996 | |
Mulan | 1998 | Additional story material |
A Bug's Life | Additional writer: story | |
Saturday Night Live (1 episode) | Writer | |
Tarzan | 1999 | Additional screenplay material |
Toy Story 2 | ||
Fantasia 2000 (host segments) | Writer | |
TV Funhouse (1 episode) | 2000 | |
The Emperor's New Groove | ||
Atlantis: The Lost Empire | 2001 | Additional screenplay material |
The Sweatbox | 2002 | Himself |
The Jungle Book 2 | 2003 | Additional written material |
Finding Nemo | Writer (along with Andrew Stanton and Bob Peterson) | |
Finding Nemo: Studio Tour of Pixar | Himself | |
Chicken Little | 2005 | Additional dialogue |
Sita Sings the Blues | 2008 | Donor |
Toy Story 3 | 2010 | Additional dialogue |
Chimpanzee | 2012 | Creative consultant |
The Polar Bears | Writer | |
Aldabra: Once Upon an Island | 2015 | Creative consultant |
Brooklyn Family Robinson | TBA | Writer |
Awards and nominations
List of awards and nominations | |||||
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Year | Award | Category | Film(s) | Result | Notes |
2001 | Annie Award | Individual Achievement in Writing | The Emperor's New Groove | Nominated | |
2003 | Discover Screenwriting Award | Finding Nemo | Nominated | ||
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | |||
Utah Film Critics Association Awards | Best Writing, Screenplay - Original/Adapted | Nominated | |||
Seattle Film Critics Awards | Best Screenplay, Original | Nominated | |||
2004 | Nebula Award | Best Script | Nominated | ||
Online Film & Television Association Film Award | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Nominated | |||
Hugo Awards | Feature Film Category | Nominated | |||
31st Annie Awards | Outstanding Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Won | |||
57th British Academy Film Awards | Best Screenplay - Original | Nominated | |||
76th Academy Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |