David Sheldon

A busy producer-director-writer, David Sheldon has nine feature films planned for production. He produced and directed "The Legend of Dark Mountain" which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. He co-authored "Predator: The Concert" (nicknamed "Grizzly II") with George Clooney, Charlie Sheen, Laura Dern, Louise Fletcher, and John Rys-Davies. He has written, directed and/or produced twelve motion pictures and has served as Production Executive on sixty other films. He wrote and produced "Secrets of a Small Town" for Twentieth Century-Fox Television. One of Sheldon's first feature films "Grizzly" which he wrote and produced, is one of the most financially successful independent films in motion picture history, earning 50 times its cost. "Grizzly" was the top grossing independent motion picture of the year. Distributed worldwide by Columbia Pictures, it broke box-office records in Japan and Germany, earned the highest rating on network television (ABC) and is a popular home video title. He wrote, directed and/or produced "The Guardian," "Lovely But Deadly," "Just Before Dawn,"The Evil," "Day of the Animals," "The Manitou," and "Sheba Baby." Sheldon started his motion picture career as Director of Development for Lawrence A. Gordon (48 Hours, Field Of Dreams, and Die Hard) at American International Pictures (now Sony/MGM) where he was a production executive on such pictures as "Dillinger," "Sisters," "Macon County Line," "The Reincarnation of Peter Proud," "Logan's Run," "Walking Tall," "Boxcar Bertha," "Truck Turner" and "The Last House on the Left." He subsequently went into partnership with producer Phil Feldman, former president of First Artists ("Blue Thunder," "The Toy," "A Star is Born," and "The Getaway"). Sheldon has been in business with Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Henry Winkler, Cosgrove-Meurer Productions, Aaron Spelling Entertainment, Wilshire Court Productions, Merv Griffin Entertainment, and Orion Pictures.. Also a theatrical stage producer and director in New York and Los Angeles, Sheldon has been co-owner, producer and director at Gateway Playhouse, one of America's leading theatrical organizations, in Bellport, Long Island, which he ran for over 10 years in conjunction with Columbia Pictures as the "Columbia Pictures Talent Farm." Between film and television projects, he has directed hundreds of Broadway plays and musicals at the theater. His productions have starred such actors as Robert Duvall and Gene Hackman. His outstanding work has been acclaimed in featured articles in Newsweek and the New York Times. Sheldon holds an MFA degree from Yale University, School of Drama, and has been a member of the Directors Unit at the Actors Studio in New York. He is the author of the book "When I Knew Al: The Untold Story of Al Pacino," published by Harbor House.