David N. Weiss

David N. Weiss is an American writer and labor leader. He is a screenwriter of films, including All Dogs go to Heaven, Shrek 2, Clockstoppers, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie and The Smurfs and has also written for television shows such as Mission Hill. He has a son named Samuel and a daughter named Hannah; his wife is named Eliana.

He travels around the world to speak about his life.

David is a graduate of Buena High School in Ventura, CA; Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA (B.S. Business Admin, Magna Cum Laude) and USC School of Cinematic Arts (MFA Production).

He and his family live in Los Angeles, California.

In 2005, he was elected vice-president of the Writers Guild of America, West.

In 2009, after serving two terms as vice-president, Weiss was elected secretary-treasurer of the Writers Guild of America, West.^[1]

He is sometimes credited as David Weiss.

He was a former Reform Jew who converted to Christianity, and became a born-again Christian, and a Presbyterian youth worker, he later became a Modern Orthodox Jew, after first meeting an Orthodox Jew.^[2][3] Weiss’s first project after coming back to Judaism was the one of which he said he is most proud: the Rugrats Hanukkah special, which continues to be aired each year come December.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=3798
2. ^ ^{a b} http://www.forward.com/articles/11990/
3. ^ http://www.ikehillah.org/shrekonjudaism1/

External links

• ‘Shrek 2’ Writer Gets His Happy Ending, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, Gaby Wenig, July 2, 2004.
• Jewish Impact Films
• Blue and white all over
• David N. Weiss at the Internet Movie Database

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