---
name: "David Koplan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-koplan"
fi1m_id: "david-koplan"
imdb_id: "nm0465800"
tmdb_id: 179974
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T19:24:12.980714+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 Koplan

## Identity

David Koplan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-koplan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-koplan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0465800
- **TMDB ID:** 179974
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0465800/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/179974

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 85 (1), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0465800/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/179974

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Smashing Machine*](https://film.one/film/the-smashing-machine.md) (70)

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

## Biography

David Koplan is a film producer and founder of Magnetic Fields Entertainment. He has more than 25 years of experience in the industry and has worked as producer or executive producer on a range of studio and independent films.

A graduate of the University of Virginia, Koplan serves on the board of the Virginia Film Festival and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His credits include producer on *The Smashing Machine* (2025) and *Spirited* (2022), and executive producer on *Uncut Gems* (2019), *Daddy's Home* (2015) and *Dumb and Dumber To* (2014). He has also produced *Papillon* (2017), *Thanks for Sharing* (2013) and *Leaves of Grass* (2009).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Smashing Machine* (2025), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-smashing-machine.md)
- *Uncut Gems* (2019), Fi1m 85, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/uncut-gems.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *The Smashing Machine* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-smashing-machine.md)
- *Spirited* (2022), Producer
- *Uncut Gems* (2019), Executive Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/uncut-gems.md)
- *Papillon* (2017), Producer
- *Daddy's Home* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Dumb and Dumber To* (2014), Executive Producer
- *The Rewrite* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Paradise* (2013), Co-Producer
- *Thanks for Sharing* (2013), Producer
- *Leaves of Grass* (2009), Executive Producer
- *The Last Lullaby* (2008), Producer
- *Randy & the Mob* (2007), Producer
- *Winter Passing* (2006), Producer
- *Chrystal* (2004), Producer
- *7th Heaven* (1996), series, as Jay Thompson
- *Sugared Peas* (1996), as Jason
- *JAG* (1995), series, as Peter Judd
- *Street Justice*, Producer
- *Lizard Music*, Producer

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