David S. Goyer is a comic book writer, screenwriter, and film director. He was raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... For the railroad company, see Ann Arbor Railroad. ...

Films

He has written and/or co-written several films including: The Crow: City of Angels, Dark City, Blade, Blade II, plus ZigZag and Blade: Trinity (both of which he also directed). He also acted as script polisher on Freddy VS Jason and is the co-writer and story creator of Batman Begins. He has also helped create the basis of story for its upcoming sequel The Dark Knight with Begins director Chris Nolen, the screenplay to be scripted by Jonathon Nolan Memento. He is now working on an adaption of The Flash, and has also written the working treatment for the film adaptation of Marvel's Thor. He also directed The Invisible, a film to be released sometime in 2006. The Crow: City of Angels is the 1996 sequel to cult movie and comic The Crow by James OBarr. ... Dark City is a 1998 movie written and directed by Alex Proyas. ... Blade is a 1998 vampire movie adapted from a comic book. ... Blade II is a 2002 vampire action movie starring Wesley Snipes and Kris Kristofferson. ... A zigzag is a pattern made up of many small corners at an acute angle, tracing a path between two parallel lines; it can be described as both jagged and fairly regular. ... Blade: Trinity is a 2004 movie, directed by David S. Goyer, which is a motion_picture directorial debut for him. ... ... Batman Begins is a 2005 Academy Award-nominated superhero film based on the Batman character created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and David S. Goyer. ... The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman. ... This article is about the film. ... The Flash. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this comics-related article or section may require cleanup. ... The Invisible is a movie staring Justin Chatwin, Marcia Gay Harden, Callum Keith Rennie, Amber Borycki and Michelle Harrison. ...

In addition to writing the film, Goyer is also executive producer for the 2007 Ghost Rider film, a position he served for many of the films he wrote and directed. Ghost Rider is an upcoming movie, slated for release in 2007. ...

For television, he wrote the Nick Fury: Agent Of SHIELD television movie, as well as the pilot for the Blade television series and Threshold series. Look up Threshold in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Comic books

Goyer wrote almost 50 issues of Justice Society of America for DC Comics. The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics superhero group, the first team of superheroes in comic book history. ... DC Comics (originally called Detective Comics, Inc. ...

Trivia

• Goyer was a student of screenwriter Nelson Gidding at USC, and frequently returned to Gidding's class as a guest speaker. He graduated in 1988 and sold his first screenplay Death Warrent the folllowing year, being released theatricall in 1990.
• Goyer wrote all three of the Blade movies, producing both sequels and directing the 3rd movie Blade: Trinity. Since the end of the film franchise, he has helped develop the Blade tv series, acting as an Executive Producer to the show and writing the feature-length pilot episode.
• While in post-production for Blade: Trinity, he created the story for, and co-wrote the script for Batman Begins at the request of its director, Christopher Nolan.
• Goyer also wrote a treatment for a film featuring the Spider-Man villain Venom as a lead character. Of course the script was never produced as it featured characters from both Marvel and DC comics.
• Other than the Blade tv series, he also wrote the pilot to to sci-fi series Threshold. It was cancelled after 10 episodes of it's 13 part season.
• Goyer has expressed interest in a Deadpool movie.

Nelson Roosevelt Gidding (born 1920, died May 2, 2004) was an American screenwriter specializing in adaptations. ... Edward L. Doheny Jr. ... Batman Begins is a 2005 Academy Award-nominated superhero film based on the Batman character created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and David S. Goyer. ... Christopher Nolan (born July 30, 1970) is a British film director, writer and producer. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... It has been suggested that Ultimate Venom be merged into this article or section. ... Look up Threshold in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Deadpool is a Marvel Comics character, occasionally portrayed as a villain, but usually as an anti-hero. ...

External links

• David S. Goyer at the Internet Movie Database
• David Goyer Interview @ PopImage, Oct.01
• David Goyer Interview @ PopImage, Feb 2000