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David Kirschner is a Scriptwriter, Producer and Sound Mixer American born on 29 may 1955 at Los Angeles (USA)

David Kirschner

David Kirschner
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Birth name David M. Kirschner
Nationality USA
Birth 29 may 1955 (68 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

David M. Kirschner (born May 29, 1955) is an American film and television producer who often produces animated works. He is well known for his breakthrough production on the 1986 animated feature An American Tail as well as the Child's Play series.

Best films

The Flintstones (1994)
(Executive Producer)
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
(Production Sound Mixer)
An American Tail (1986)
(Story)
Titan A.E. (2000)
(Producer)

Usually with

Don Mancini
Don Mancini
(7 films)
Don Bluth
Don Bluth
(3 films)
James Horner
James Horner
(6 films)
Frank Welker
Frank Welker
(7 films)
Gary Goldman
Gary Goldman
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of David Kirschner (30 films)

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Scriptwriter

An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster, 1h15
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Thomas Dekker, Robert Hays, Candi Milo, Lacey Chabert, Nehemiah Persoff, Jeff Bennett
Roles Writer
Rating60% 3.0150353.0150353.0150353.0150353.015035
Fievel, his friend, Tony and his sister, Tanya all get jobs at the local newspaper, where the audience is introduced to Nellie, who wants to be an important reporter, but only gets small assignments, as if she were a secretary to Reed, the newspaper's editor. Throughout the film, Tanya tries to win Reed's heart, while Tony tries to get noticed by Reed and promoted to a reporter. Like in the previous movies, where a mouse installation is directly below its human installation counterpart, the newspaper offices the mice work in is directly underneath the newspaper offices the humans work in.
The Pagemaster, 1h15
Directed by Joe Johnston, Pixote Hunt
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Films about dragons, L'enfance marginalisée, Children's films, Films about school violence
Actors Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Mel Harris, Patrick Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg
Roles Histoire
Rating61% 3.0536853.0536853.0536853.0536853.053685
Pessimistic Richard Tyler (Macaulay Culkin) lives life based on statistics and fears everything. His exasperated parents (Ed Begley, Jr. and Mel Harris) have tried multiple ways to build up the courage of their son, but to little success. Richard is sent to buy a bag of nails for building a treehouse. However, Richard gets caught in a harsh thunderstorm and takes shelter in a library. He meets Mr. Dewey (Christopher Lloyd), an eccentric librarian who gives him a library card, despite Richard's protests he doesn't want a book, since he's only there to escape the storm. Searching for a phone, Richard finds a large rotunda painted with famous literary characters. He slips on some water dripping from his coat and falls down, knocking himself out. Richard awakens to find the rotunda art melting, which washes over him and the library, turning them into illustrations.
Hocus Pocus, 1h36
Directed by Kenny Ortega
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film, Comedy horror films, Children's films
Actors Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw
Roles Story
Rating69% 3.4513353.4513353.4513353.4513353.451335
On October 31, 1693, in Salem, Massachusetts, Thackery Binx discovers his younger sister Emily being spirited away to the cottage of the Sanderson sisters, a trio of witches. The sisters, Winifred, Sarah and Mary, cast a spell on Emily to absorb her youth and regain their own, killing Emily. Binx confronts them, but the witches transform him into an immortal black cat to live with his guilt. The townsfolk, led by Binx's father, capture and hang the witches, but Winifred's spellbook casts a curse that will resurrect the witches on All Hallows Eve when a virgin lights the Black Flame Candle. Binx remains guarding the cottage to ensure no one summons the witches.
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, 1h15
Directed by Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation, Western
Themes Films about animals, Transport films, Rail transport films, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Phillip Glasser, James Stewart, Cathy Cavadini, Nehemiah Persoff, Dom DeLuise, Amy Irving
Roles Characters
Rating64% 3.2475153.2475153.2475153.2475153.247515
Several years after settling in to their new home in The Bronx, New York, the impoverished Mousekewitz family soon finds that conditions are not as ideal as they had hoped, as they find themselves still struggling against the attacks of mouse-hungry felines. Fievel spends his days thinking about the wild west dog-sheriff Wylie Burp, while his sister, Tanya, dreams of becoming a singer. Meanwhile, Tiger's girlfriend Miss Kitty leaves him to find a new life out West, remarking that perhaps she's looking for "a cat that's more like a dog."
The Dreamer of Oz, 1h31
Directed by Jack Bender
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Fantasy
Themes Films about writers, Children's films
Actors John Ritter, Annette O'Toole, Rue McClanahan, Charles Haid, David Schramm, Nancy Lenehan
Rating71% 3.5864453.5864453.5864453.5864453.586445
The film depicts how L. Frank Baum came to create one of the much loved fairy tale The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while undergoing professional and personal failures.
The Land Before Time, 1h9
Directed by Don Bluth
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Films about children, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Road movies, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson, Judith Barsi, Will Ryan, Helen Shaver, Burke Byrnes
Rating73% 3.696273.696273.696273.696273.69627
Near the end of the Cretaceous, a series of catastrophic events are causing intense drought, and several herds of dinosaurs seek one of the last livable places, a paradise known as the "Great Valley." Among these, a diminished "Longneck" herd gives birth to a single baby, named Littlefoot (Gabriel Damon). Years later, Littlefoot plays with Cera (Candace Hutson), a "Three-horn," who was trying to smash a beetle until her father (Burke Bynes) intervenes; whereupon Littlefoot's mother (Helen Shaver) names the different kinds of dinosaurs: "Three-horns," "Spiketails," "Swimmers," and "Flyers," and states that each has historically remained apart. That night, as Littlefoot follows a "hopper," he encounters Cera again, and they play together briefly until a "Sharptooth" appears. He attacks them, before Littlefoot's mother comes to their rescue. During the fight, she suffers severe back and neck injuries from the Sharptooth's teeth and claws. At that same time, an "earthshake" opens a deep ravine that swallows up the Sharptooth and divides Littlefoot and Cera from their herds. Littlefoot finds his dying mother, and receives her final words of advice in favor of his intuition.
An American Tail, 1h16
Directed by Don Bluth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about immigration, Seafaring films, Transport films, La précarité, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Musical films
Actors Phillip Glasser, Dom DeLuise, John P. Finnegan, Nehemiah Persoff, Cathy Cavadini, Pat Musick
Roles Story
Rating68% 3.4478053.4478053.4478053.4478053.447805
In 1885, Shostka, Russia, the Mousekewitzes—a Russian-Jewish family of mice—who live with a human family named Moskowitz are having a celebration of Hanukkah where the father gives his hat to his son Fievel and tells of a wonderful place called America, where there are no cats. The celebration is interrupted when a battery of Cossacks ride through the village square in an arson attack and the Cossack cats likewise attack the village mice.

Producer

Cult of Chucky, 1h31
Directed by Don Mancini
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about children, Jeu, Medical-themed films, Child's Play (film series), Serial killer films, Films about toys, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Brad Dourif, Alex Vincent, Fiona Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Michael Therriault, Zak Santiago
Roles Producer
Rating53% 2.6598552.6598552.6598552.6598552.659855
Quatre ans après les événements de La Malédiction de Chucky, Nica est enfermée dans un asile psychiatrique après avoir été condamnée à tort pour le meurtre de sa famille. Quand une nouvelle poupée Brave Gars fait son apparition dans un but thérapeutique, une nouvelle série de meurtres se produit aussitôt. Andy Barclay est le seul à pouvoir venir en aide à Nica et vaincre Chucky, une bonne fois pour toutes..
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle, 1h21
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Frank Welker, Angela Bassett, John Goodman, Jeff Bennett, Alexander Polinsky, Xavier Fagnon
Roles Executive Producer
Rating55% 2.7809352.7809352.7809352.7809352.780935
Un homme du nom de Houston a demandé à George de voler dans l'espace pour lancer "Project Stop Flooding". Sa mission est de prendre le RDS (un outil sur mesure qui contrôle les barrages en Afrique centrale pour empêcher les inondations) et de le retirer d’un satellite dans l’espace. Le satellite est cassé et, quand George amènera le RDS sur Terre , il l'installera sur l'un des barrages. Ted (l'homme au chapeau jaune) accepte, mais seulement si George peut compléter la formation. George complète la formation et va dans l'espace. Pendant qu’il est dans l’espace, il perd presque le RDS et sa capsule spatiale s’abîme sur la Terre. C'est parce que l'eau de George a détruit les contrôles. George éjecte, mais est perdu en Afrique centrale.
Curse of Chucky, 1h37
Directed by Ronny Yu, John Lafia, Don Mancini, Tom Holland, Jack Bender
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Jeu, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Child's Play (film series), Serial killer films, Films about toys, Films about disabilities, Comedy horror films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Brad Dourif, A Martinez, Jennifer Tilly, Brennan Elliott, Alex Vincent, Fiona Dourif
Roles Producer
Rating56% 2.8050452.8050452.8050452.8050452.805045
Set twenty-five years after Child's Play, the Chucky doll (voiced by Brad Dourif) mysteriously arrives in the mail of the home of paraplegic Nica Pierce (Fiona Dourif) and her mother, Sarah. Later that night Sarah is found dead from a stab wound and her death proclaimed a suicide.
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!, 1h21
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Dick Van Dyke, Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett, Will Ferrell, Fred Tatasciore, Drew Barrymore
Roles Executive Producer
Rating56% 2.834162.834162.834162.834162.83416
The movie starts with George swinging around town, and he picks up the newspaper. He reads it when he gets home and finds out that the great magician Piccadilly is holding an act with an elephant called Kayla. It sounds interesting to George so he wakes up Ted , and he tries to show Ted the news, but Ted is late for a meeting with Mr. Bloomsberry.
Martian Child, 1h46
Directed by Menno Meyjes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about writers, Films about children, Films about families
Actors John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Oliver Platt, Joan Cusack
Roles Producer
Rating66% 3.349713.349713.349713.349713.34971
David Gordon (John Cusack), a popular science fiction author, was widowed when his wife Mary died as they were trying to adopt a child. Two years later, David is finally matched with a young boy named Dennis (Bobby Coleman). Socially awkward, Dennis believes he is from Mars and only goes outdoors when under the cover of a large box to block out the sun's harmful rays. Although initially hesitant to adopt a boy by himself, David recognizes a part of him in Dennis and slowly coaxes him out of the box and into his home.
Curious George, 1h26
Directed by Matthew O'Callaghan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Children's films
Actors Will Ferrell, Frank Welker, Drew Barrymore, Shane Baumel, Dick Van Dyke, David Cross
Roles Producer
Rating64% 3.24853.24853.24853.24853.2485
The introduction of the movie is a cartoon short where we are introduced to a happy, artistic, and mischievous but lonely little monkey somewhere in the jungle.
Miss Potter, 1h33
Directed by Chris Noonan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Bill Paterson, Barbara Flynn, David Bamber
Roles Producer
Rating69% 3.496833.496833.496833.496833.49683
The story begins with Beatrix Potter nervously packing her portfolio and narrating that she is a London spinster, and that her ambition to become a children's author meets with wide disapproval. She and her chaperone, Miss Wiggin, visit the publishing house of the Warne brothers and they decide to publish her book. Beatrix is thrilled and returns home, taking a drive through the parks to celebrate first. However it is revealed that the Warne brothers think her book is ridiculous and will no doubt be a failure. The only reason they agreed to publish her story is because they promised their youngest brother, Norman, a project.
Thru the Moebius Strip, 1h27
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Space opera
Actors Mark Hamill, Chris Marquette, Peri Gilpin, Kevin McDonald, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Roles Producer
Rating51% 2.5567452.5567452.5567452.5567452.556745
The story is about the coming of age of a 14-year-old boy who grew up refusing to accept the loss of his father. He reaches the planet Raphicca 27.2 million light years away to find that his father is prisoner in a kingdom of giant aliens who believe in magic and a medieval code of chivalry. In the midst of a raging battle between good and evil, Jac rescues his father, his new-found family of aliens, the planet of Raphicca, and ultimately, the universe.