David Neil Twohy ( ; born October 18, 1955) is an American
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, pr ...
and
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
.
Early life
Twohy was born in
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the List of the most populous counties in the United States, most populous county in the United States and in the U.S. state of California, ...
. He attended college at
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a public research university in Long Beach, California. The 322-acre campus is the second largest of the 23-school California State University system (CSU) and one of the largest universities ...
, graduating with a degree in radio/television/film.
Career
His most notable filmmaking credits have been writing ''
The Fugitive'', ''
Waterworld'', and ''
GI Jane
''G.I. Jane'' is a 1997 American war drama film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, and Anne Bancroft. The film tells the fictional story of the first woman to undergo special operations training similar to the ...
'', but he is mostly known for writing and directing ''
The Arrival'' and most entries in ''
Chronicles of Riddick''.
He has a cameo in ''
Below
Below may refer to:
*Earth
* Ground (disambiguation)
*Soil
*Floor
* Bottom (disambiguation)
*Less than
*Temperatures below freezing
*Hell or underworld
People with the surname
*Ernst von Below (1863–1955), German World War I general
*Fred Below ...
'' as the British captain of the rescue ship.
Filmography
References
External links
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1955 births
American male screenwriters
California State University, Long Beach alumni
Science fiction film directors
Living people
Writers from Los Angeles
Film directors from Los Angeles
Screenwriters from California
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