Goyer, David S. 1966–

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GOYER, David S. 1966–

(David Goyer)

PERSONAL

Born 1966. Education: Attended University of Southern California.

Addresses:

Office—Phantom Four, 1416 North La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90028. Agent—Phil Raskind, Endeavor, 9701 Wilshire Blvd., Tenth Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Writer, director, and producer. Affiliated with the production company Phantom Four.

Awards, Honors:

Film Critics Circle of Australia Award (with others), best original screenplay, and Saturn Award nomination (with others), Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, best writer, both 1999, for Dark City.

CREDITS

Film Director:

ZigZag, Silver Nitrate Films, 2002.

Blade: Trinity, New Line Cinema, 2004.

The Flash, Warner Bros., 2006.

The Invisible, DreamWorks SKG, 2006.

Film Executive Producer:

Blade II, New Line Cinema, 2002.

Ghost Rider, Columbia/Dimension Films, 2006.

Film Producer:

(With others) Mission to Mars (also known as M2M), Buena Vista, 2000.

Blade: Trinity, New Line Cinema, 2004.

The Flash, Warner Bros., 2006.

Film Work; Other:

Electrician, Short Time, 1990.

(As David Goyer) Lamp operator, Bliss, 1997.

(As David Goyer) Generator operator, Insomnia, Warner Bros., 2002.

Television Executive Producer; Series:

(And creator) Sleepwalkers (also known as The Sleepwalker Project), NBC, 1997–98.

FreakyLinks (also known as Fearsum and Freaky Links), Fox, 2000–2001.

Television Work; Movies:

Best boy, Night Visitors, NBC, 1996.

(With others) Character creator, Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys, Sci–Fi Channel, 2004.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, Night Bites: Women and Their Vampires (documentary), WE, 2003.

RECORDINGS

Video Appearances; As David Goyer:

Himself, The Blood Tide (short documentary), New Line Cinema, 1998.

Himself, La Magra (short documentary), New Line Cinema, 1998.

Himself, Origins of "Blade" : A Look at Dark Comics (short documentary), New Line Cinema, 1998.

Himself, The Blood Pact: The Making of "Blade II" (documentary), New Line Cinema, 2002.

Video Work:

(With others) Character creator, Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (also known as Demonic Toys 2 and Dollman 2), Paramount Home Video, 1993.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Death Warrant, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1990.

Kickboxer 2: The Road Back, Trimark, 1991.

Demonic Toys, Paramount, 1992.

Arcade, Full Moon Entertainment, 1993.

(With Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio) The Puppet Masters (also known as Robert A. Heinlein's The Puppet Masters), Buena Vista, 1994.

The Crow: City of Angels (also known as The Crow II), Miramax, 1996.

Dangerous Ground, New Line Cinema, 1997.

Blade, New Line Cinema, 1998.

Dark City, New Line Cinema, 1998.

Story, Mission to Mars (also known as M2M), Buena Vista, 2000.

Blade II, New Line Cinema, 2002.

(As David Goyer) ZigZag, Silver Nitrate Films, 2002.

Freddy vs. Jason, New Line Cinema, 2003.

Blade: Trinity, New Line Cinema, 2004.

Batman Begins, Warner Bros., 2005.

The Flash, Warner Bros., 2006.

Teleplays; Movies:

Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD, 1998.

"Dream of Doom" (episodic), Perversions of Science, HBO, 1997.

(With Stephen Kronish) "Something Is Buried in Bethlehem," Sleepwalkers (pilot; also known as The Sleepwalker Project), NBC, 1997.

Novels:

(With Frank Lauria, Lem Dobbs, and Alex Proyas) Dark City, St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Comic Books:

(With James Robinson) Justice Be Done: JSA, D.C. Comics, 2000.

(With Geoff Johns) A Burning Hate, D.C. Comics, 2001.

(With Johns) JLA, JSA: Virtue and Vice, D.C. Comics, 2002.

(With others) JSA: Darkness Falls, D.C. Comics, 2002.

(With Johns) JSA: The Return of Hawkman, D.C. Comics, 2002.

(With Robinson) Starman: A Starry Knight, D.C. Comics, 2002.

(With Leonard Kirk) JSA: Stealing Thunder, D.C. Comics, 2003.

(With Chuck Dixon and Robinson) The Justice Society Returns!, D.C. Comics, 2003.

Author of other comic books.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Premiere, April, 1991, p. 35.