David Freedman (screenwriter)
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David Max Freedman (born 1965) is an American writer, producer and director. He is well known as the co creator of the British animated adult comedy television series Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show! for the BBC.
Early life
[edit]Freedman was born in Plattsburgh, New York and went to The School of Visual Arts in New York City. He now lives in the UK. Freedman worked for over 9 years in a writing partnership with Alan Gilbey. They developed and co-created a few cult cartoon classics including Foxbusters, Bounty Hamster and the multi award-winning Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show! which was co-produced at Peafur Productions with Barry Baker, Ben Bowen, Baljeet Rai and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh co-creator of Phineas and Ferb.
Contributed to The Danny Baker Show for 10 episodes,[1]
Directed Lucy Porter 3 webisodes 'Lucy Loves you' for the now defunct ComedyDemon.com, with the highest watched video, 'Sex' before the website closed[2]
Credits
[edit]Writer
[edit]- Unstable (pre-production)[3][4][5]
- When Marnie Was There - screenplay adaptation: English version[6]
- The Magic Snowflake - screenplay - dialogue
- Sokator-442 - TV Movie
- Bounty Hamster - co-creator with Alan Gilbey with Silver Fox Films
- Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show based on an original character by Hugh MacLeod of gapingvoid.com - Co-creator with Alan Gilbey[4]
- So Many Santas - TV Short
- Foxbusters - co-developer and writer for Cosgrove Hall Films
- The First Snow of Winter - short - script
- Rex the Runt - co-developer and co-writer with Alan Gilbey and Richard Golly Goleszowski for Aardman Animations
- Dennis the Menace - writer - TV Series - three episodes: Monster Menace, Snowbound, Adventures in Dennis Sitting for Collingwood O'Hare, DC Thomson and HIT Entertainment
- The Old Lady and the Pigeons - short - dialogue
- The Danny Baker Show - TV Series - additional material - 10 episodes
- Pirates - TV Series
- Only Yesterday - English version
- Ronja the Robber's Daughter - English dub[7]
Director
[edit]- Groove High - series director for Disney Channel (UK and Ireland)[5]
- King Arthur's Disasters - season 2 - series director for CITV
- Ronja the Robber's Daughter - English dub[7]
Producer
[edit]- Legend of the Dragon - producer for BKN
- Bounty Hamster - co-creator with Alan Gilbey with Silver Fox Films
- Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show! based on an original character by Hugh MacLeod of gapingvoid.com - Co-creator with Alan Gilbey
- So Many Santas - TV Short
Music composer
[edit]- PJ Masks - theme music composer
Miscellaneous
[edit]- Lucky Fred - voice director for Disney Channel
- Bob and Margaret - script consultant: one episode for Channel 4, Comedy Central and Nelvana
References
[edit]- ^ Morrison, Stuart (1994-09-17). "The Danny Baker Show". Contributor. London. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
- ^ Morrison, Stuart (2008-11-04). "Lucy Loves You". Director. London. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
- ^ Peafur Productions and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh team to produce "Unstable"
- ^ a b ‘Mr. Hell’ Trio Reunites for ‘Unstable’ Feature
- ^ a b Phineas and Ferb creator gets Unstable with comedy trio
- ^ WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE – A (LAST?) BEAUTIFUL, TOUCHING FILM FROM STUDIO GHIBLI
- ^ a b "RONJA THE ROBBER'S DAUGHTER | David Freedman". www.davidfreedman.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
External links
[edit]- Personal Homepage
- David Freedman (III) at IMDb The Internet Movie Database entry for David Max Freedman
- Pitch Inc. Collaboration
- Evri Profile
- Toon Hound Series Listing
- Cult TV Listing
- Studio Ghibli - Consultant to Producer
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