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David Magee
Highest Rated: 86% Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022)
Lowest Rated: 37% The School for Good and Evil (2022)
Birthday: Not Available
Birthplace: Flint, Michigan, USA
Whether penning film versions of period dramas, as he did with "Finding Neverland" (2004), or of bestselling fantasy-adventure novels like "Life of Pi" (2012), David Magee consistently delivered powerful stories that stayed true to the emotions and the spirit of the material that he was adapting. Born in 1962 in Flint, MI, David Magee was a theater graduate from Michigan State University. He performed in regional theaters, built sets for off-Broadway productions, and did voiceover work and narrations. In 1999, he wrote the screenplay of the film version of Allan Knee's 1998 play "The Man Who Was Peter Pan," which was eventually released as "Finding Neverland," based on the life of Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie (Johnny Depp) and his platonic relationship with Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (Kate Winslet). For writing "Finding Neverland," Magee earned several nominations, including an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53% | 74% | The Tiger's Apprentice | Screenwriter | - | 2024 |
| 67% | 94% | The Little Mermaid | Screenwriter | $298.2M | 2023 |
| 69% | 97% | A Man Called Otto |
Screenwriter, Executive Producer |
$64.1M | 2022 |
| 86% | 75% | Lady Chatterley's Lover | Screenwriter | - | 2022 |
| 37% | 66% | The School for Good and Evil | Screenwriter | - | 2022 |
| 80% | 64% | Mary Poppins Returns | Screenwriter | $172.0M | 2018 |
| 86% | 84% | Life of Pi | Screenwriter | $125.0M | 2012 |
| 78% | 71% | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | Screenwriter | $12.3M | 2008 |
| 83% | 87% | Finding Neverland | Screenwriter | $51.7M | 2004 |