---
name: "David Iserson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-iserson"
fi1m_id: "david-iserson"
imdb_id: "nm1503347"
tmdb_id: 1502350
wikidata_id: "Q20736567"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "3 December 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T11:23:01.128276+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 Iserson

## Identity

David Iserson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-iserson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-iserson
- **IMDb ID:** nm1503347
- **TMDB ID:** 1502350
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20736567
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Iserson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20736567, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1503347/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1502350

Writer. Born 3 December 1977 in Freehold Township.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 3 December 1977, Freehold Township
- **Active:** 2007–2015
- **Frequently works with:** [Lynn Shelton](https://film.one/person/lynn-shelton.md), [Matt Shakman](https://film.one/person/matt-shakman.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 88 (1), 2010s 82 (2)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Iserson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20736567, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1503347/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1502350

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Mad Men*](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md) (88)
- **Disney+:** [*New Girl*](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md) (80)

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

## Biography

David Iserson is an American writer and producer. Born on 3 December 1977 in Freehold, New Jersey, he graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in communications from its Radio/Television/Film programme. He began his career writing for the 2003–2004 season of *Saturday Night Live*.

Iserson has written episodes of *United States of Tara* (2009–2011), *Up All Night* (2011–2012), *New Girl* (2012–2014), *Mad Men* (2014) and *Mr. Robot* (2015), and served in producing roles on several of these series. He created and served as showrunner on the forthcoming series *Ponies* (2026).

His film credits include the screenplay for *The Spy Who Dumped Me* (2018), on which he was also an executive producer. In 2013 he published the young adult novel *Firecracker*, which was named one of Rolling Stone's 40 best YA novels of 2014.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Mr. Robot* (2015), Fi1m 84, Writer, Supervising Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-robot.md)
- *New Girl* (2011), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *Mad Men* (2007), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *PONIES* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *The Spy Who Dumped Me* (2018), as Friend in the Bar · Executive Producer, Writer
- *Angry Angel* (2017), Writer
- *Graves* (2016), series, Writer
- *Mr. Robot* (2015), series, Supervising Producer, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-robot.md)
- *New Girl* (2011), series, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *United States of Tara* (2009), series, Writer
- *Mad Men* (2007), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *The Mentor*, Screenplay, Producer
- *This, But Again*, Short Story, Writer

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