David Auburn
About
Filmography
Family & Companions
Biography
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Writer (Feature Film)
Life Events
1991
Won fellowship sponsored by Amblin Entertainment; went to L.A. and learned how to write film scripts; after fellowship ended moved to NYC because "I decided that, if I were going to go broke trying to be a writer, I'd rather do it as a playwright in New York than as a screenwriter in L.A."
1997
Had first NYC production with "Skyscraper", produced at the Manhattan Theater Club (MTC)
1998
Moved to London to be with a girlfriend; over course of summer, wrote first draft of "Proof"
1998
Upon return to Manhattan, submitted "Proof" to MTC; in spring 1999, MTC held reading with Mary-Louise Parker in lead role
2000
Had major success with second play, "Proof", a drama about the daughter of a mathemetician haunted by her father's illness; first produced Off-Broadway; later moved to Broadway
2000
Hired to pen first screenplay, an adaptation of the novel "Triage"
2005
Adapted his Pulitzer Prize winning drama, "Proof" for the big screen starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins
2006
Penned the screenplay for "The Lake House" a remake of Korean pic "Il Mare"
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