---
name: "David De Silva"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-de-silva"
fi1m_id: "david-de-silva"
imdb_id: "nm0211577"
tmdb_id: 32397
wikidata_id: "Q28864239"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "14 August 1936"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:03:44.753863+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 De Silva

## Identity

David De Silva

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-de-silva
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-de-silva
- **IMDb ID:** nm0211577
- **TMDB ID:** 32397
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28864239
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_De_Silva, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28864239, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0211577/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32397

Producer. Born 14 August 1936 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 14 August 1936, New York City
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_De_Silva, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28864239, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0211577/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32397

## Biography

David De Silva is an American film producer and writer. Born in New York City, he graduated from Queens College in 1957 with a degree in history and later studied theatre with Stella Adler. He began his career as a theatrical agent in New York before developing projects for stage and screen.

De Silva conceived and produced the 1980 MGM film *Fame*, which received four Academy Award nominations. He retained the stage rights and went on to conceive and develop *Fame – The Musical*, which has been produced in many countries worldwide. He is known as “Father Fame” and established the Father Fame Foundation to promote theatre arts. He also served as consulting producer on the associated television series (1982–1987).

His earlier credits include work as a production assistant on *Advise & Consent* (1962). De Silva has continued to develop related projects, including stage sequels, a ballet and an audio book.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fame* (1980), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Fame: The Musical* (2020), Idea, Book
- *Fame* (1980), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)
- *Advise & Consent* (1962), Production Assistant

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