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 (United Kingdom 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 and voice of Eddie
- 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"
- 1 2 ‘Mr. Hell’ Trio Reunites for ‘Unstable’ Feature
- 1 2 Phineas and Ferb creator gets Unstable with comedy trio
- ↑ WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE – A (LAST?) BEAUTIFUL, TOUCHING FILM FROM STUDIO GHIBLI
- 1 2 "RONJA THE ROBBER'S DAUGHTER | David Freedman". www.davidfreedman.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. 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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