David Seidler
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- July 13, 1937 (age 89)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
Biography
David Seidler (4 August 1937 – 16 March 2024) was a British playwright and screenwriter. His first job in Hollywood was writing Tucker: The Man and His Dream for Francis Ford Coppola. In the early 1980s Seidler started working on a stage version of The King's Speech, but after receiving a letter from the Queen Mother's private secretary asking him not to pursue the project during her lifetime, he abandoned it. He returned to the story in 2005, this time developing it as a screenplay. The script was eventually produced as the 2010 feature film The King's Speech, directed by Tom Hooper and starring Colin Firth as King George VI, for which he won he won an Academy Award.
Known For
Filmography
The King's Speech
Movie · Screenplay
Kung Fu Killer
Movie · Writer
Son of the Dragon
TV · Teleplay · 2 eps
Kung Fu Killer
TV · Writer · 2 eps
Soraya
Movie · Teleplay, Story
By Dawn's Early Light
Movie · Writer
Madeline: Lost in Paris
Movie · Writer
The King and I
Movie · Screenplay
Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story
Movie · Writer
Quest for Camelot
Movie · Screenplay
Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure
Movie · Writer
Lies He Told
Movie · Story
Time to Say Goodbye?
Movie · Writer
Dancing in the Dark
Movie · Writer
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
Movie · Writer
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Movie · Writer
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Movie · Screenplay
My Father, My Son
Movie · Writer
Malice in Wonderland
Movie · Teleplay