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David Twohy

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Producer
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David Twohy during 2007 WGA Strike, Hollywood Blvd.
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The Fugitive (1993)
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As both writer and director, David Twohy has contributed much to the film world, helping to elevate movies in such a way that Entertainment Weekly was prompted to name him "one of the 100 most creative people in Hollywood." In his career, Twohy has worked with on-screen notables like Harrison Ford, Judi Dench, Kevin Costner, Vin Diesel, Thandie Newton, Tommy Lee Jones, Jeff Daniels, Richard E. Grant, Chris Hemsworth, Demi Moore, Bruce Greenwood, Olivia Williams, Tim Olyphant and Milla Jovovich. To name a few.

Twohy struck gold early with his screenplay for the Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones vehicle "THE FUGITIVE," nominated in 1993 for Best Screenplay Previously Produced or Published. Other writing-only credits include "WATERWORLD," "TERMINAL VELOCITY," and Ridley Scott's "G.I. JANE."

As a director, Twohy made his debut with "THE GRAND TOUR," which he adapted from Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore's haunting novella "Vintage Season." The movie received the Grand Prix at the Festival Du Film Fantastique and a Golden Scroll from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Twohy was honored again with a Saturn Award for his follow-up directing effort, "THE ARRIVAL."

Twohy's next effort became one of 2000's most unexpected films, "PITCH BLACK." Released by Universal Studios, this modestly budgeted movie shot in the Australian outback startled critics and audiences alike with its chilling mood and unexpectedly deep characters. The success of "PITCH BLACK" would launch a new film franchise for Universal. Its sequels were the sweeping "CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK" and the spartan survival movie "RIDDICK."

Between franchise movies, Twohy found time to write and direct two stand-alone thrillers: "BELOW," co-written with Darren Aronofsky ("REQUIEM FOR A DREAM"), follows a series of eerie occurrences on a claustrophobic submarine during World War II. Twohy then turned to the wide open vistas of Hawaii to film "A PERFECT GETAWAY," a twisted tale that shocked audiences around the world.

Next up for Twohy is "RUNNING WITH LIONS," a contemporary story about the world of Formula One.
BornOctober 18, 1955
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BornOctober 18, 1955
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 10 nominations

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Vin Diesel and David Twohy in Riddick (2013)
Vitaly Kravchenko and David Twohy in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Judi Dench, Thandiwe Newton, and David Twohy in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Vin Diesel and David Twohy in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
David Twohy in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
David Twohy in Pitch Black (2000)
David Twohy in A Perfect Getaway (2009)
Kar Urban, Thandie Newton, David Twohy working out the details, TCOR, Vancouver 2003
David Twohy lining up the shot, TCOR, Vancouver 2003
David Twohy getting another crazy idea on the set, TCOR, Vancouver 2003
David Twohy aboard the merc ship, TCOR, Vancouver 2003
David Twohy and Thandie Newton, TCOR, Vancouver 2003

Known for

Harrison Ford in The Fugitive (1993)
The Fugitive
7.8
  • Writer
  • 1993
Pitch Black (2000)
Pitch Black
7.0
  • Writer
  • 2000
Vin Diesel in Riddick (2013)
Riddick
6.4
  • Writer
  • 2013
G.I. Jane (1997)
G.I. Jane
6.0
  • Writer
  • 1997

Credits

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Writer

  • Running with Lions
    • Writer
    • In Production
  • Riddick: Furya
    • Writer
    • Pre-production
  • Merc City
    • Writer
    • In Development
    • TV Series
  • Ice Moon Rising (2022)
    Ice Moon Rising
    • screenwriter
    • 2022
  • Vin Diesel in Riddick (2013)
    Riddick
    • written by
    • 2013
  • Riddick: Blindsided (2013)
    Riddick: Blindsided
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2013
  • A Perfect Getaway: The Shocking Original Scripted Ending (2009)
    A Perfect Getaway: The Shocking Original Scripted Ending
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 2009
  • Milla Jovovich, Steve Zahn, Marley Shelton, Timothy Olyphant, Kiele Sanchez, and Chris Hemsworth in A Perfect Getaway (2009)
    A Perfect Getaway
    • written by
    • 2009
  • The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (2009)
    The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
    • based on the films by (uncredited)
    • Video Game
    • 2009
  • The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (2004)
    The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
    • story
    • Video
    • 2004
  • Vin Diesel in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
    The Chronicles of Riddick
    • written by
    • 2004
  • The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004)
    The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
    • based on the films by (uncredited)
    • Video Game
    • 2004
  • Below (2002)
    Below
    • written by
    • 2002
  • Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe, and Mekhi Phifer in Impostor (2001)
    Impostor
    • screenplay
    • 2001
  • Pitch Black: Slam City (2000)
    Pitch Black: Slam City
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 2000
  • Pitch Black (2000)
    Pitch Black
    • screenplay
    • 2000
  • Arrival II (1998)
    Arrival II
    • based on characters created by
    • 1998
  • The Arrival
    • based on a movie written by
    • Video Game
    • 1997

Director

  • Running with Lions
    • Director
    • In Production
  • Riddick: Furya
    • Director (aka Furya)
    • Pre-production
  • Vin Diesel in Riddick (2013)
    Riddick
    • Director (directed by)
    • 2013
  • A Perfect Getaway: The Shocking Original Scripted Ending (2009)
    A Perfect Getaway: The Shocking Original Scripted Ending
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2009
  • Milla Jovovich, Steve Zahn, Marley Shelton, Timothy Olyphant, Kiele Sanchez, and Chris Hemsworth in A Perfect Getaway (2009)
    A Perfect Getaway
    • Director
    • 2009
  • Vin Diesel in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
    The Chronicles of Riddick
    • Director (directed by)
    • 2004
  • Below (2002)
    Below
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Pitch Black: Slam City (2000)
    Pitch Black: Slam City
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2000
  • Pitch Black (2000)
    Pitch Black
    • Director (directed by)
    • 2000
  • The Arrival (1996)
    The Arrival
    • Director
    • 1996
  • Ariana Richards and Jeff Daniels in Grand Tour: Disaster in Time (1991)
    Grand Tour: Disaster in Time
    • Director (as David N. Twohy)
    • 1991

Producer

  • Riddick: Blindsided (2013)
    Riddick: Blindsided
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Pitch Black: Slam City (2000)
    Pitch Black: Slam City
    • producer
    • Video
    • 2000
  • Nastassja Kinski and Charlie Sheen in Terminal Velocity (1994)
    Terminal Velocity
    • executive producer
    • 1994
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Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • D.T. Twohy
  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • October 18, 1955
    • Los Angeles County, California, USA
  • Other works
    Wrote unused draft of ALIEN 3 (1992).
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Interviews
    • 2 Articles

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  • Trivia
    When he appeared as "British Captain" in his own movie "Below," he was directed by his ensemble of actors. They made him do 26 takes of his eight-word performance.
  • Quotes
    On The Chronicles of Riddick (2004): "We did a lot of talking in this film about the Underverse, and one way of talking about it is the promised land -- that this leader of this new Necromonger faith has found. If you want to look at it more scientifically, scientists have this concept of multiverses -- multiple universes, y'know. The idea is that this 'verse they talk about, this Underverse, is a parallel universe, and the door to that, the portal to that place, has been found by the Lord Marshal. And he is the one guy who has stepped across, and gazed upon its beauty and its power, and taken a little bit of it back with him. So there's much to be plundered there."

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