Biography
David J. Schow is an American author and screenwriter known for his work in horror fiction and film. Born on 13 July 1955 in Marburg, West Germany, he began publishing short fiction in the late 1970s and moved into screenwriting in 1989.
His screen credits include the screenplay for The Crow (1994), Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990), and contributions to Critters 3 (1991) and Critters 4 (1992). He has also written for television series including Freddy's Nightmares (1988), The Outer Limits (1995) and Masters of Horror (2005). Schow coined the term "splatterpunk" and won a World Fantasy Award for his short story "Red Light" in 1987.
