David Giler - Turner Classic Movies

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Respected producer/screenwriter David Giler came to filmmaking by way of television, punching up scripts for late 1960s shows such as "The Gallant Men," "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," and "Kraft Suspense Theatre." By 1974, he took his expertise in the action genre to the big screen, turning in a tightly-wound screenplay for "The Parallax View," a political thriller starring Warren Beatty. Gi...

Filmography

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The Black Bird (1975)

The Black Bird (1975)

FUN WITH DICK AND JANE (2005)

Source Material

Undisputed (2001)

Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)

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Myra Breckinridge (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Get Your Resumès Out

Myra Breckinridge (1970) -- (Movie Clip) You Gotta S-M-I-L-E To Be H-A-P-P-Y

Biography

Respected producer/screenwriter David Giler came to filmmaking by way of television, punching up scripts for late 1960s shows such as "The Gallant Men," "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," and "Kraft Suspense Theatre." By 1974, he took his expertise in the action genre to the big screen, turning in a tightly-wound screenplay for "The Parallax View," a political thriller starring Warren Beatty. Giler went on to write the well-received comedies "The Black Bird" (1975) and "Fun with Dick and Jane" (1977) before tackling his most fondly remembered project, the 1979 sci-fi horror classic "Alien." Initially brought in to produce the film, Giler and co-producer Walter Hill assisted in an extensive rewrite of the original Dan O'Brannon-authored script, resulting in a much-publicized battle over the ultimate screenplay credit. The controversy failed to inhibit Giler's involvement in the "Alien" franchise, with his growing list of producer credits in coming decades including multiple sequels to the original film, as well as a contentious rewrite of the third movie in the series, "Alien 3" (1992).

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

The Black Bird (1975)

Cast (Feature Film)

The Black Bird (1975)

Writer (Feature Film)

FUN WITH DICK AND JANE (2005)

Source Material

Undisputed (2001)

Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)

The Money Pit (1986)

Southern Comfort (1981)

Fun With Dick And Jane (1977)

The Black Bird (1975)

The Parallax View (1974)

Myra Breckinridge (1970)

One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)

Producer (Feature Film)

Alien: Covenant (2017)

Prometheus (2012)

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)

Alien vs. Predator (2004)

Undisputed (2001)

Alien Resurrection (1997)

Bordello of Blood (1996)

Executive Producer

Tales From the Crypt Presents Demon Knight (1995)

Executive Producer

W.E.I.R.D. World (1995)

Executive Producer

Dragstrip Girl (1994)

Jailbreakers (1994)

Shake, Rattle and Rock (1994)

Motorcycle Gang (1994)

Girls in Prison (1994)

Confessions of a Sorority Girl (1994)

Roadracers (1994)

Reform School Girl (1994)

Runaway Daughters (1994)

Cool and the Crazy (1994)

Two Fisted Tales (1991)

Executive Producer

Let It Ride (1989)

The Money Pit (1986)

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Rustler's Rhapsody (1985)

Southern Comfort (1981)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)

Producer (Special)

Cold War (1996)

Executive Producer

A Fatal Caper (1996)

Executive Producer

Ear Today... Gone Tomorrow (1996)

Executive Producer

Report from the Grave (1996)

Executive Producer

Last Respects (1996)

Executive Producer

About Face (1996)

Executive Producer

Confession (1996)

Executive Producer

The Kidnapper (1996)

Executive Producer

Horror in the Night (1996)

Executive Producer

A Slight Case of Murder (1996)

Executive Producer

Smoke Wrings (1996)

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

99 and 44/100% Pure Horror! (1995)

Executive Producer

Doctor of Horror (1995)

Executive Producer

Comes the Dawn (1995)

Executive Producer

You, Murderer (1995)

Executive Producer

Staired in Horror (1994)

Executive Producer

In the Groove (1994)

Executive Producer

The Assassin (1994)

Executive Producer

Till Death Do We Part (1993)

Executive Producer

Well-Cooked Hams (1993)

Executive Producer

Death of Some Salesmen (1993)

Executive Producer

As Ye Sow (1993)

Executive Producer

People Who Live in Brass Hearses (1993)

Executive Producer

Came the Dawn (1993)

Executive Producer

Oil's Well That Ends Well (1993)

Executive Producer

Food for Thought (1993)

Executive Producer

Forever Ambergris (1993)

Executive Producer

Creep Course (1993)

Executive Producer

Two For the Show (1993)

Executive Producer

House of Horror (1993)

Executive Producer

Half Way Horrible (1993)

Executive Producer

Showdown (1992)

Executive Producer

The New Arrival (1992)

Executive Producer

This'll Kill Ya (1992)

Executive Producer

Werewolf Concerto (1992)

Executive Producer

Split Personality (1992)

Executive Producer

None But the Lonely Heart (1992)

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Maniac at Large (1992)

Executive Producer

On a Dead Man's Chest (1992)

Executive Producer

Strung Along (1992)

Executive Producer

Beauty Rest (1992)

Executive Producer

King of the Road (1992)

Executive Producer

What's Cookin'? (1992)

Executive Producer

Curiosity Killed (1992)

Executive Producer

Undertaking Palor (1991)

Executive Producer

Carrion Death (1991)

Executive Producer

Loved to Death (1991)

Executive Producer

Easel Kill 'Ya (1991)

Executive Producer

The Reluctant Vampire (1991)

Executive Producer

Top Billing (1991)

Executive Producer

Split Second (1991)

Executive Producer

Deadline (1991)

Executive Producer

Dead Wait (1991)

Executive Producer

Mournin' Mess (1991)

Executive Producer

Abra Cadaver (1991)

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

The Trap (1991)

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

For Cryin' Out Loud (1990)

Executive Producer

The Thing From the Grave (1990)

Executive Producer

The Switch (1990)

Executive Producer

Dead Right (1990)

Executive Producer

Four-Sided Triangle (1990)

Executive Producer

Mute Witness to Murder (1990)

Executive Producer

Three's a Crowd (1990)

Executive Producer

The Secret (1990)

Executive Producer

Lower Berth (1990)

Executive Producer

My Brother's Keeper (1990)

Executive Producer

The Sacrifice (1990)

Executive Producer

Judy, You're Not Yourself Today (1990)

Executive Producer

The Ventriloquist's Dummy (1990)

Executive Producer

Fitting Punishment (1990)

Executive Producer

Korman's Kalamity (1990)

Executive Producer

Cutting Cards (1990)

Executive Producer

Television Terror (1990)

Executive Producer

Only Sin Deep (1989)

Executive Producer

The Man Who Was Death (1989)

Executive Producer

Collection Completed (1989)

Executive Producer

And All Through the House (1989)

Executive Producer

Lover Come Hack to Me (1989)

Executive Producer

Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone! (1989)

Executive Producer

Producer (TV Mini-Series)

The Third Pig (Do Not Use) (1996)

Executive Producer

Life Events

Videos

Myra Breckinridge (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Get Your Resumès Out First appearance by Mae West, brought out of retirement by a big payday and a contract that let her write her own dialogue and approve her wardrobe, as already-discussed Hollywood agent Leticia Van Allen, with Tom Selleck among her recruits, and clips with Richard Widmark in Kiss Of Death (1947) and Laurel & Hardy in Great Guns, 1941, from Myra Breckinridge, 1970, starring Raquel Welch, from the Gore Vidal novel.

Myra Breckinridge (1970) -- (Movie Clip) You Gotta S-M-I-L-E To Be H-A-P-P-Y Following the opening in which Rex Reed, as critic “Myron” Breckinridge got a sex-change operation, Shirley Temple’s song (from Stowaway, 1937, by Harry Revel and Mack Gordon) accompanies the introduction of Raquel Welch as the title character (we’re supposed to understand that Rex Reed now exists only as her alter-ego), with a creditable dance routine on Hollywood then Sunset Blvd., in Myra Breckinridge, 1970, from the Gore Vidal novel.

Myra Breckinridge (1970) -- (Movie Clip) The Notorious Buck Loner Raquel Welch as the newly trans-gendered title character narrates, roughly from the Gore Vidal novel, Michael Sarne directing, entering the bogus acting school owned by her uncle-in-law, the ex-cowboy actor Buck Loner (John Huston), the acting-instructor is not credited, beginning her outrageous ploy, in Myra Breckinridge, 1970.

Parallax View, The -- (Movie Clip) Non-Ex-Agent Frady (Warren Beatty) visits his ex-lawman friend Will (Kenneth Mars) at an amusement park to talk about creating a cover for his investigation in Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View, 1974.

Parallax View, The -- (Movie Clip) Too Independent Critical scene in which reporter Lee (Paula Prentiss) snubs ex-beau Joe (Warren Beatty), Senator Carroll (Bill Joyce) ascends the Space Needle, and the assassin appears in Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View, 1974.

Parallax View, The -- (Movie Clip) These People Were Killed! Panicked ex-girlfriend Lee (Paula Prentiss) tries to convince Joe (Warren Beatty) that somebody is killing witnesses to an assassination three years earlier in Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View, 1974.

Parallax View, The -- (Movie Clip) Nothing But Fish Sheriff Wicker (Kelly Thordsen) befriends reporter Joe (Warren Beatty), offers him a lead about a dam, and meets him there the next morning in Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View, 1974.

Parallax View, The -- (Movie Clip) Credits, Commission The credit sequence from Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View, 1974, plays as the commission report on the assassination of Senator Carrol, which opened the film, is delivered.

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