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David Reynolds
Other names: Dave Reynolds
Years active: 1986–present
Notable work: The Emperor's New Groove
Finding Nemo
Mulan
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Luna & Zak
Kate & Chris
Occupation: Screenwriter, actor
Hometown: United States

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 and the Universal animated film Luna & Zak.

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 Animation Studios and 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 then worked with other writers like 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 and the Universal Animation film Luna & Zak in 2013. In 2010, it was reported that he's supposedly teaming up with Sony Pictures Animation for an untitled feature with Stephan Franck directing and co-writing the feature. On June 7, 2015, Reynolds and Luna & Zak director Mark Dindal attended a conversation event for the Austin Film Festival to share their knowledge, their secrets, and strategies.

Filmography[]

Title Year Role
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
Luna & Zak 2013
Aldabra: Once Upon an Island 2015 Creative consultant
Untitled Stephan Franck Project TBA Writer
Brooklyn Family Robinson
Nightmare Academy

Bibliography[]

Along with being an established screenwriter, he also writes books. These include:

  • Why Wasn't I Taught This at School? (2013)
  • Shadowgirls (2013)
  • A - Z of '80s Rock (2003)

Awards and nominations[]

Nomination[]

  • Individual Achievement in Writing for The Emperor's New Groove (Annie) (2001)
  • Best Original Screenplay for Finding Nemo (Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards) (2003)
  • Discovering Screenwriting Award for Nemo (Discover Screenwriting Award) (2003)
  • Best Writing, Screenplay - Original/Adapted for Nemo (Utah Film Critics Association Awards) (2003)
  • Best Screenplay, Original for Nemo (Seattle Film Critics Awards) (2003)
  • Best Script for Nemo (Nebula Award) (2004)
  • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for Nemo (Online Film & Television Association Film Award) (2004)
  • Feature Film Category for Nemo (Hugo Awards) (2004)
  • Best Screenplay - Original for Nemo (BAFTA Award) (2004)
  • Best Original Screenplay for Nemo (Academy Awards) (2004)

Won[]

  • Outstanding Writing in an Animated Feature Production for Nemo (Annie) (2004)


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Theatrical films
Ama and the Mysterious Crystal (1997) • Paint World (1999) • A Maiden's Reason (2000) • Magina (2003) • Computeropolis (2004) • Me & Mobo (2006) • Computeropolis 2 (2007) • Swapped (2008) • Woo La La (2009) • Computeropolis 3 (2010) • Superfancy Lady (2011) • Quest (2012) • Luna & Zak (2013) • Superfancy Lady 2 (2014) • Paradoria (2015) • Imagimals (2017) • Amazing Academy (2017) • Computeropolis: The Deep Web (2018) • Paradoria 2 (2019)
Upcoming films
Imagimals 2 (2020) • Computeropolis: Webcation (2022) • Mechagirl (2022)
Short films
Aero (2000) • Print 3D Errors (2004) • Computeropolis: A Technical Ride (2006) • Just Sommi (2006) • Peri and Nicky Get a Flu (2007) • The Sounds of the Ocean (2009) • The Chat (2011) • King on the Loose (2012) • Go Party! (2012) • How to Act Like a Player (2014) • No More Mr. Yeti (2015) • Camp Jamo (2016) • Noodles (2016) • Getting Annoyed (2016) • Zip (2017) • Busho's Guide to Cool Things (2017) • Keena's Magical Journey (2017) • Neon (2018) • Zola's Makeover (2018) • Monkey Business (2018) • Mine! (2019) • Birth (2019) • Falia's Challenge (2020) • Virtual Vinna (2020)
Franchises
Ama (1997–present) • Paint World (1999–present) • Computeropolis (2004–present) • Superfancy Lady (2011–present) • Paradoria (2015–present) • Imagimals (2017–present) • Amazing Academy (2017–present)
Directors
Michael WildshillAudel LaRoqueAsh BrannonSteve SamonoGeo G.Mike MoonGary HallKarey KirkpatrickJohn FranceMark DindalFrans VischerAmy McNeill
Producers
John CohenBrandon MinezJim AndersonMichael WildshillTeresa ChengAmy McNeillRandy FullmerRoy KobayashiMary Parent
Writers
Len BlumThomas LennonIrene MecchiKarey KirkpatrickJoe StillmanMike ReissBrian LynchErica RivinojaJohn HamburgDavid ReynoldsDarren Lemke
Associated Figures
Michael WildshillJohn CohenDavid Stainton
Signature Voice Actors
Jodi BensonHarland WilliamsElijah WoodRob CorddryDan FoglerJim CummingsJohn DiMaggioMichael WildshillGary HallAmy McNeillChris ParnellPatrick StewartKari WahlgrenFrank WelkerDee Bradley BakerBill FarmerTara Strong
Signature Musicians
John DebneyMark Mothersbaugh
Visual Development & Storyboard Artists
Craig KellmanJohn FranceCarter GoodrichShane PrigmoreYarrow CheneyShannon TindleShiyoon KimJin Kim
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