David Greenwalt

David Greenwalt
Born	October 16, 1949 (1949-10-16) (age 60) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	screenwriter, television producer, television director

David Greenwalt (born October 16, 1949) is an American screenwriter, director and producer.

He was the co-executive producer of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and co-creator of its spinoff, Angel. He is also co-creator of the short-lived cult television show Profit.

On June 1, 2007, The Hollywood Reporter announced that he would serve as executive producer and showrunner on Moonlight, a similarly themed vampire detective show.[1] He later had to leave the show prior to its debut for health reasons, but executive producer Joel Silver stated that his imprint would remain: "He worked really hard on the arc of the series. He really helped us focus and get started". [2]

Greenwalt is credited with writing/directing the following episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Greenwalt was a co-executive producer on Buffy until the show's fourth season, when he dropped out to become the executive producer of Angel, his co-created (with Whedon) sister show, but he remained on the Buffy staff as a consulting producer.

• "Teacher's Pet" (writer)
• "Angel" (writer)
• "Nightmares" (teleplay, story by Joss Whedon)
• "School Hard" (teleplay, story by Greenwalt and Joss Whedon)
• "Reptile Boy" (writer and director)
• "Ted" (written by Greenwalt and Joss Whedon)
• "Bad Eggs" (director)
• "Faith, Hope & Trick" (writer)
• "Homecoming" (writer and director)
• "The Wish" (director)

Trivia

• After he left Angel to do Jake 2.0, both shows ended up competing against each other on Wednesday nights at 9/8c on The WB and UPN respectively in the 2003–2004 season.

Career highlights

• Writer - Moonlight, Kidnapped, Surface, Miracles, Jake 2.0, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files, Profit, The Wonder Years, The Commish, Doogie Howser, M.D.
• Director - The Wonder Years, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Jake 2.0, Secret Admirer
• Producer - Kidnapped, Moonlight, Surface, Jake 2.0, Miracles, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files, Profit, The Commish, Eureka

External links

• David Greenwalt at the Internet Movie Database

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