Biography
David Magee (born 1962) is an American screenwriter who was nominated for a 2004 Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Finding Neverland. Along with Simon Beaufoy, he wrote the screenplay for Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day starring Frances McDormand and Amy Adams, which was released in 2008. His 2012 screen adaptation of the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel earned him a Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Tiger's Apprentice
2024
Screenplay
After the death of his grandmother, Tom Lee discovers he is part of a long lineage of magical protectors known as the Guardians. With guidance from a ...
The Little Mermaid
2023
Screenplay
The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the sur...
A Man Called Otto
2022
as Dye & Merica Rep '83
When a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol, leading t...
A Man Called Otto
2022
Executive Producer, Screenplay
When a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol, leading t...
Lady Chatterley's Lover
2022
Screenplay
Unhappily married aristocrat Lady Chatterley begins a torrid affair — and falls deeply in love — with the gamekeeper on her husband's country estate.
The School for Good and Evil
2022
Screenplay
Best friends Sophie and Agatha navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains — and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle betwee...
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
Screenplay, Story
Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.
Life of Pi
2012
Screenplay
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipw...
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
2008
Screenplay
London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile ...
Finding Neverland
2004
Screenplay
During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life ...
Prom Party Massacre
N/A
Executive Producer
A gay high school student throws a swinging prom party in the hopes of finally wooing the football captain - but when popular kids start turning up de...
Anxious People
N/A
Screenplay, Executive Producer
On the day before Christmas Eve, investment banker Zara begrudgingly finds herself mingling with a group of strangers at an open house. When a relucta...