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David Lindsay-Abaire

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David Lindsay-Abaire at an event for Rabbit Hole - Takaisin elämään (2010)
David Lindsay-Abaire was born on 30 November 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is a writer, known for Rabbit Hole - Takaisin elämään (2010), Poltergeist (2015) and Viisi legendaa (2012).
BornNovember 30, 1969
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BornNovember 30, 1969
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    • 5 nominations

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Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart in Rabbit Hole - Takaisin elämään (2010)
Rabbit Hole - Takaisin elämään
7.0
  • Writer
  • 2010
Poltergeist (2015)
Poltergeist
4.9
  • Writer
  • 2015
Alec Baldwin, Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman, and Chris Pine in Viisi legendaa (2012)
Viisi legendaa
7.2
  • Writer
  • 2012
Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, and Amanda Bynes in Robots (2005)
Robots
6.4
  • Writer
  • 2005

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Writer

  • Fuddy Meers
    • Writer
    • In Development
  • Long Day's Journey Into Night
    • adaptated for the screen by, screenplay
    • Post-production
  • Nicole Kidman, Christopher Walken, Jason Bateman, and Kathryn Hahn in The Family Fang (2015)
    The Family Fang
    6.1
    • screenplay
    • 2015
  • Poltergeist (2015)
    Poltergeist
    4.9
    • screenplay by
    • 2015
  • Brian d'Arcy James, Christopher Sieber, Daniel Breaker, and Sutton Foster in Shrek the Musical (2013)
    Shrek the Musical
    6.9
    • book by
    • 2013
  • Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis, James Franco, and Michelle Williams in Mahtava Oz (2013)
    Mahtava Oz
    6.3
    • screenplay
    • 2013
  • Alec Baldwin, Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman, and Chris Pine in Viisi legendaa (2012)
    Viisi legendaa
    7.2
    • screenplay
    • 2012
  • Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart in Rabbit Hole - Takaisin elämään (2010)
    Rabbit Hole - Takaisin elämään
    7.0
    • based on his play: "Rabbit Hole"
    • screenplay
    • 2010
  • Mustesydän (2008)
    Mustesydän
    6.1
    • screenplay
    • 2008
  • Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, and Amanda Bynes in Robots (2005)
    Robots
    6.4
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 2005

Music Department

  • Brian d'Arcy James, Christopher Sieber, Daniel Breaker, and Sutton Foster in Shrek the Musical (2013)
    Shrek the Musical
    6.9
    • lyricist
    • 2013

Soundtrack

  • Boys State (2020)
    Boys State
    7.6
    • writer: "Who I'd Be"
    • 2020
  • Diminishing Returns (2016)
    Diminishing Returns
    5.3
    Podcast Series
    • lyrics: "I Know It's Today"
    • 2018
  • Brian d'Arcy James, Christopher Sieber, Daniel Breaker, and Sutton Foster in Shrek the Musical (2013)
    Shrek the Musical
    6.9
    • lyrics: "Big Bright Beautiful World", "Story of My Life", "The Goodbye Song", "Don't Let Me Go", "I Know It's Today", "What's Up, Duloc?", "Travel Song", "Donkey Pot Pie", "This is How a Dream Comes True", "Who I'd Be", "Morning Person", "I Think I Got You Beat", "The Ballad of Farquaad", "Make a Move", "When Words Fail", "Morning Person (reprise)", "Build a Wall", "Freak Flag", "Big Bright Beautiful World (reprise)", "This Is Our Story"
    • 2013
  • Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis, James Franco, and Michelle Williams in Mahtava Oz (2013)
    Mahtava Oz
    6.3
    • lyrics: "The Munchkin Welcome Song"
    • writer: "The Munchkin Welcome Song"
    • 2013
  • Alec Baldwin, Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman, and Chris Pine in Viisi legendaa (2012)
    Viisi legendaa
    7.2
    • lyrics: "Still Dream"
    • 2012
  • The 63rd Annual Tony Awards (2009)
    The 63rd Annual Tony Awards
    8.0
    TV Special
    • lyrics: "Freak Flag", "What's Up, Duloc?"
    • 2009
  • Antonio Banderas, Cameron Diaz, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Conrad Vernon in Shrek 3 (2007)
    Shrek 3
    6.1
    • writer: "Little Birdy", "Final Showdown"
    • 2007

Personal details

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  • Born
    • November 30, 1969
    • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • Other works
    Play: "How We Talk In South Boston"

Did you know

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    His critically acclaimed play "Rabbit Hole" won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
  • Quotes
    [re Rabbit Hole - Takaisin elämään (2010)] There are no words in the climax of the movie, and in the play there are only words. The sister character in the play is a source of comic relief, which is helpful in a play about the death of a child. But her part in film was cut away, and that concerned me. Not until I saw the film with an audience did I realize there's all this new stuff that got laughs that I didn't know was there. When I sat in a Broadway house, I knew where all the laughs were.

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