---
name: "David Callaham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-callaham"
fi1m_id: "david-callaham"
imdb_id: "nm1709264"
tmdb_id: 57264
wikidata_id: "Q963032"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 October 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T15:33:28.547623+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Callaham

## Identity

David Callaham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-callaham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-callaham
- **IMDb ID:** nm1709264
- **TMDB ID:** 57264
- **Wikidata ID:** Q963032
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Callaham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q963032, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1709264/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57264

Writer. Born 24 October 1977 in Fresno, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 October 1977, Fresno, California, USA
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** David Elias Callaham, Dave Callaham, デイヴ・カラーハン
- **Frequently works with:** [Amy Pascal](https://film.one/person/amy-pascal.md), [Avi Arad](https://film.one/person/avi-arad.md), [Christopher Miller](https://film.one/person/christopher-miller.md), [Hailee Steinfeld](https://film.one/person/hailee-steinfeld.md), [Jake Johnson](https://film.one/person/jake-johnson.md), [Justin K. Thompson](https://film.one/person/justin-k-thompson.md), [Phil Lord](https://film.one/person/phil-lord.md), [Shameik Moore](https://film.one/person/shameik-moore.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as writer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 60 (2), 2020s 64 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 65 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 5, Adventure 3, Fantasy 3, Science Fiction 3, Animation 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,054m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Callaham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q963032, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1709264/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57264

## Coming up

- *Godzilla x Kong: Supernova* (2027-03-25), Writer
- *Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse* (2027-06-17), Writer

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Wonder Woman 1984*](https://film.one/film/wonder-woman-1984.md) (52), [*Zombieland: Double Tap*](https://film.one/film/zombieland-double-tap.md) (52)
- **Disney+:** [*Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings*](https://film.one/film/shang-chi-and-the-legend-of-the-ten-rings.md) (66)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Masters of the Universe*](https://film.one/film/masters-of-the-universe.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Callaham is an American screenwriter and producer. Born on 24 October 1977 in Fresno, California, he studied English at the University of Michigan, graduating in 1999.

He began his career writing the screenplay for *Doom* (2005). Subsequent credits include *The Expendables* (2010), *Godzilla* (2014, story), *Zombieland: Double Tap* (2019), *Wonder Woman 1984* (2020), *Mortal Kombat* (2021), *Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings* (2021), and *Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse* (2023, writer). He is also credited on the screenplay for *Masters of the Universe* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Masters of the Universe* (2026), Fi1m 58, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/masters-of-the-universe.md)
- *Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse* (2023), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse.md)
- *Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings* (2021), Fi1m 66, Screenplay, Screenstory — [page](https://film.one/film/shang-chi-and-the-legend-of-the-ten-rings.md)
- *Wonder Woman 1984* (2020), Fi1m 52, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/wonder-woman-1984.md)
- *Zombieland: Double Tap* (2019), Fi1m 52, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland-double-tap.md)
- *Godzilla* (2014), Fi1m 68, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-2014.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse* (2027), Writer
- *Godzilla x Kong: Supernova* (2027), Writer
- *Masters of the Universe* (2026), Screenplay — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/masters-of-the-universe.md)
- *Expend4bles* (2023), Characters
- *Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse* (2023), Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse.md)
- *Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings* (2021), Screenplay, Screenstory — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/shang-chi-and-the-legend-of-the-ten-rings.md)
- *America: The Motion Picture* (2021), as Rights Man In Crowd / I.M. Pei (voice) · Producer, Writer
- *Mortal Kombat* (2021), Screenplay
- *Wonder Woman 1984* (2020), Screenplay — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/wonder-woman-1984.md)
- *Zombieland: Double Tap* (2019), Screenplay — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland-double-tap.md)
- *Jean-Claude Van Johnson* (2016), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Expendables 3* (2014), Characters
- *Godzilla* (2014), Story — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-2014.md)
- *The Expendables 2* (2012), Characters
- *The Expendables* (2010), Screenplay, Story
- *Tell-Tale* (2009), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Horsemen* (2009), Screenplay
- *Doom* (2005), Screenplay
- *Street Justice*, Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *Gaston*, Writer
- *Untitled Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Sequel*, Writer

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