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David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

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David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
Born
David Leslie Johnson

Alma materOhio State University
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • television writer
  • television producer
  • film producer
Years active1994–present
Spouses
Kimberly Lofstrom
(div. 2012)
Stacy McGoldrick
(m. 2015)

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick ( Johnson) is an American screenwriter and producer of film and television.[1] He has written the screenplays for the films Orphan (2009), Wrath of the Titans (2012), The Conjuring 2 (2016) and its sequel The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021), and the DC Extended Universe films Aquaman (2018) and its sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023).

Early life

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Johnson began writing plays in the second grade and wrote his first screenplay at age nineteen after graduating from Lexington High School in Lexington, Ohio. He attended Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Photography and Cinema.

Career

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Johnson began his career as a production assistant on Frank Darabont's The Shawshank Redemption, which was filmed on location in Johnson's hometown of Mansfield, Ohio, at the historic Mansfield Reformatory, where Johnson's great-grandfather had been a prison guard. Johnson spent the next five years as Darabont's assistant, using the opportunity to hone his craft as a screenwriter. He wrote at least two scripts for the cancelled Return of the Thing, a four-hour sequel mini-series to John Carpenter's 1982 cult classic The Thing. The project was ultimately cancelled for unknown reasons. He would further work with Darabont on his television series The Walking Dead and Mob City.

Johnson has collaborated several times with filmmaker James Wan, contributing entries in The Conjuring franchise, dramatizations of the real-life cases of Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators,[2] as well as the DC Comics film Aquaman and its sequel.[3][4] He is also set to write a film adaptation of the board game Mice and Mystics.[5] He wrote a sequel to The Flash as well.[6]

Filmography

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Writer

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Film

Year Title Director Notes
2009 Orphan Jaume Collet-Serra
2011 Red Riding Hood Catherine Hardwicke
2012 Wrath of the Titans Jonathan Liebesman
2016 The Conjuring 2 James Wan
2018 Aquaman
2021 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It Michael Chaves
2022 Orphan: First Kill William Brent Bell Story only;
Also executive producer
2023 Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom James Wan
2025 The Conjuring: Last Rites Michael Chaves Filming

Television

Year Title Notes
2011-2022 The Walking Dead 14 episodes;
Also consulting producer on 32 episodes
2013 Mob City 2 episodes

Other credits

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Year Title Role
1994 The Shawshank Redemption Production assistant
1999 The Green Mile Assistant to Frank Darabont
2021 Till Death Producer
2022 Orphan: First Kill Executive producer

References

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  1. ^ "Breaking the Mold: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick on THE CONJURING 3".
  2. ^ Snieder, Jeff (January 6, 2015). "James Wan's Conjuring 2 Brings on Wrath of the Titans Scribe for Rewrite (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "Warner Taps David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick to Pen 'Aquaman' Sequel". Forbes.
  4. ^ Couch, Aaron (June 10, 2021). "'Aquaman 2' Is Titled 'The Lost Kingdom'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  5. ^ McNary, Dave (2018-10-24). "DreamWorks Animation to Develop 'Mice and Mystics' Movie (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  6. ^ Kit, Borys (2022-10-17). "DC at a Turning Point: James Gunn Pitches Secret Movie, Dwayne Johnson Flexes His Superman Power (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
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