David Kirschner
David Montgomery Kirschner (born May 29, 1955) is an American film & television producer and screenwriter. His producing credits include the animated feature An American Tail (also wrote) and Child's Play horror film series.
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Born | David Montgomery Kirschner May 29, 1955 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts |
Occupation | Film producer, television producer, screenwriter |
Years active | 1983–present |
Notable work | An American Tail Child's Play Curious George |
Career
After studying at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Kirschner began his career designing album cover art for Neil Diamond, most notably Neil Diamond's The Jazz Singer, and illustrating characters for the Muppets and Sesame Street. In 1983, Kirschner created and released children's book series Rose Petal Place, which spawned two Television specials, toys, clothing and a wide array of licensed consumer products. In 1986, Kirschner created and executive produced An American Tail, which was co-executive produced by Steven Spielberg, and, at its release, was the highest grossing non-Disney produced animated feature of all-time. It was followed by its theatrical sequel An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991), the television series Fievel's American Tails, and two direct-to-video sequels. Kirschner was appointed chairman of Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1989, where he created and executive produced many films, specials and shows, including Wake, Rattle & Roll, Gravedale High and The Pirates of Dark Water.
Kirschner is also creator of the Chucky animatronic doll which is featured in the Chucky series. He has produced all seven films in the franchise, including the recent Curse of Chucky and Cult of Chucky, direct-to-video films made by Universal 1440 Entertainment. Other notable productions include 1997's Cats Don't Dance, winner of the 25th annual Annie Award for Best Animated Feature,[1] 2006's Curious George, based upon the book series of the same name, Martian Child, and Golden Globe-nominated Miss Potter. His recent work includes, executive producer on Curious George, Hocus Pocus 2: Rise of the Elder Witch (In-Development for Disney), Cult of Chucky (for Universal 1440 Entertainment), Random (In Pre-Production for The Weinstein Company) and Garden District (In-Development for Dimension Films). Kirschner is currently head of his own production company, David Kirschner Productions.
Filmography
Title | Year(s) | Functioned as | Notes | ||
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Producer | Executive Producer |
Writer | |||
Rose Petal Place | 1984 | Yes | No | Creator | Animated short film; direct-to-TV |
Rose Petal Place: Real Friends | 1985 | Yes | No | Creator | Animated short film; direct-to-TV |
An American Tail | 1986 | No | Yes | Creator & Story | Animated film |
Child's Play | 1988 | Yes | No | No | Also created Chucky doll |
Poochinsk | 1990 | No | Yes | Story | Unsold pilot; direct-to-TV |
Child's Play 2 | 1990 | Yes | No | No | Also created Chucky doll |
Gravedale High | 1990 | No | Yes | Creator | TV animated series (13 episodes) |
The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story | 1990 | No | Yes | Story | Direct-to-TV |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures | 1990 | No | Yes | No | TV animated series (13 episodes) |
Wake, Rattle and Roll | 1990-91 | No | Yes | Creator | TV live action-animated series (50 episodes) |
Child's Play 3 | 1991 | No | Yes | No | Also created Chucky doll |
The Last Halloween | 1991 | No | Yes | No | Live action-animated special; direct-to-TV |
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | 1991 | No | Yes | Creator | Animated film |
The Pirates of Dark Water | 1991-93 | No | Yes | Creator | TV animated series (21 episodes) |
Fievel's American Tails | 1992 | No | No | Creator | TV animated series (13 episodes); also executive consultant |
Fish Police | 1992 | No | Yes | No | TV animated series (6 episodes) |
Monster in My Pocket: The Big Scream | 1992 | No | Yes | No | Animated short film; direct-to-TV |
The Addams Family | 1992-93 | No | Yes | No | TV animated series (21 episodes) |
Capitol Critters | 1992-95 | No | Yes | No | TV animated series (13 episodes) |
Once Upon a Forest | 1993 | Yes | No | No | Animated film |
Hocus Pocus | 1993 | Yes | No | Story | |
The Halloween Tree | 1993 | No | Yes | No | Animated film; direct-to-TV |
The Town Santa Forgot | 1993 | No | Yes | No | Animated short film; direct-to-TV |
The Flintstones | 1994 | No | Yes | No | |
The Pagemaster | 1994 | Yes | No | Yes | Live action-animated film |
Cats Don't Dance | 1997 | Yes | No | No | Animated film |
Earth: Final Conflict | 1997-99 | No | Yes | Yes | TV animated series (49 episodes); writer episode "Law & Order" |
Bride of Chucky | 1998 | Yes | No | No | Also created Chucky and Tiffany dolls |
Titan A.E. | 2000 | Yes | No | No | Animated film |
Frailty | 2001 | Yes | No | No | |
Secondhand Lions | 2003 | Yes | No | No | |
Five Days to Midnight | 2004 | No | Yes | No | TV miniseries (5 episodes) |
Seed of Chucky | 2004 | Yes | No | No | Also created Chucky, Tiffany and Glen dolls |
Thru the Moebius Strip | 2005 | Yes | No | No | Animated film |
Curious George | 2006 | Yes | No | No | Animated film |
Miss Potter | 2006 | Yes | No | No | |
Curious George | 2006-present | No | Yes | No | TV animated series (153 episodes + 3 specials) |
Martian Child | 2007 | Yes | No | No | |
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! | 2009 | No | Yes | No | Animated film; direct-to-DVD |
Curse of Chucky | 2013 | Yes | No | No | Also created Chucky doll |
Kristy | 2014 | Yes | No | No | |
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | 2015 | No | Yes | No | Animated film; direct-to-DVD |
Cult of Chucky | 2017 | Yes | No | No | Also created Chucky and Tiffany doll |
Curious George: Royal Monkey | 2019 | No | Yes | No | Animated film; direct-to-DVD |
Ren and Stimpy: It's Our House Now! | 2020 | No | Yes | No | Animated short film |
Chucky | 2020 | No | Yes | No | Future TV series |
Hocus Pocus 2: Rise of the Elder Witch | TBA | No | Yes | No | Exclusive film; direct-to-streaming for Disney+ |
Curious George | TBA | Yes | No | No |
References
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