David Newman (screenwriter)

David Newman
Born	February 4, 1937 New York City
Died	June 26, 2003 (aged 66) New York City
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Occupation	screenwriter
Years active	1965–2003
Spouse(s)	Leslie Newman (1958–2003; his death; 2 children)

David Newman (February 4, 1937 – June 27, 2003) was an American screenwriter. From the late 1960s through the early 1980s he frequently collaborated with Robert Benton. He was married to fellow writer Leslie Newman, with whom he had two children, until the time of his death. He died in 2003 of conditions from a stroke.^[1]

Career

Newman studied at the University of Michigan. He went to work at Esquire magazine where he met Robert Benton. The two of them wrote Bonnie and Clyde which made them highly in demand in Hollywood.^[2]

When Benton became a director, Newman started collaborating with his wife Leslie.^[3]

Writing Credits

• He Who Rides a Tiger (1965) (Producer)
• It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman (with Robert Benton) (1966) (Stage)
• Bonnie and Clyde (with Robert Benton) (1967)
• There Was a Crooked Man... (with Robert Benton) (1970)
• What's Up, Doc? (with Robert Benton and Buck Henry) (1972)
• Oh! Calcutta! (with Robert Benton, Jules Feiffer, Dan Greenburg, John Lennon, Jacques Levy, Sam Shepard, Leonard Melfi, Kenneth Tynan, Margo Sappington, Clovis Trouille and Sherman Yellen) (1972)
• Bad Company (with Robert Benton) (1972)
• Superman (with Robert Benton, Leslie Newman and Mario Puzo) (1978)
• Superman II (with Leslie Newman and Mario Puzo) 1980)
• Jinxed! (with Frank D. Gilroy) (1982)
• Still of the Night (1982) (Story Only, with Robert Benton)
• Superman III (with Leslie Newman) (1983)
• Sheena (with Lorenzo Semple Jr.) (1984)
• Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
• Moonwalker (1988)
• Takedown (with Leslie Newman, Howard A. Rodman and John Danza) (2000)

References

1. Obituary at New York Times accessed 26 Oct 2014
2. Mikael Colville-Andersen (1998-10-01). "New York Conversation - David Newman at Hotel Chelsea". Retrieved 2014-12-21.
3. "With the Walkout Over, Writers David and Leslie Newman Strike Up 'Superman III'" By Fred Bernstein People Magazine July 27, 1981 accessed 26 Oct 2014

External links

• David Newman at the Internet Movie Database
• David Newman at Find a Grave