---
name: "David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-leslie-johnson-mcgoldrick"
fi1m_id: "david-leslie-johnson-mcgoldrick"
imdb_id: "nm0424901"
tmdb_id: 142686
wikidata_id: "Q3703231"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "5 October 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 59
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T14:21:19.068741+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 Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

## Identity

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-leslie-johnson-mcgoldrick
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-leslie-johnson-mcgoldrick
- **IMDb ID:** nm0424901
- **TMDB ID:** 142686
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3703231
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leslie_Johnson-McGoldrick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3703231, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424901/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142686

Writer and producer. Born 5 October 1942 in Lexington, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 5 October 1942, Lexington, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Also known as:** David Leslie Johnson, David Johnson, Dave Johnson
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 5 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [James Wan](https://film.one/person/james-wan.md), [Patrick Wilson](https://film.one/person/patrick-wilson.md), [Peter Safran](https://film.one/person/peter-safran.md), [Amber Heard](https://film.one/person/amber-heard.md), [Jason Momoa](https://film.one/person/jason-momoa.md), [Rob Cowan](https://film.one/person/rob-cowan.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 59, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2010s 70 (2), 2020s 52 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 59 to 57 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Adventure 2, Fantasy 2, Horror 2, Action & Adventure 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,247m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leslie_Johnson-McGoldrick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3703231, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424901/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142686

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Aquaman*](https://film.one/film/aquaman.md) (72), [*The Conjuring: Last Rites*](https://film.one/film/the-conjuring-last-rites.md) (55), [*Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom*](https://film.one/film/aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom.md) (45)
- **Netflix:** [*The Walking Dead*](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md) (68)

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

## Biography

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (also credited as David Leslie Johnson) is an American screenwriter and producer of film and television. He graduated from Lexington High School in Lexington, Ohio, and earned a BFA in photography and cinema from Ohio State University.

He began his career as a production assistant on *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994) and later worked as an assistant to director Frank Darabont. Johnson-McGoldrick has written screenplays for *Orphan* (2009), *Wrath of the Titans* (2012), *The Conjuring 2* (2016), *Aquaman* (2018), *The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It* (2021) and *Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom* (2023). He contributed to the story and screenplay for *The Conjuring: Last Rites* (2025) and has written episodes of the television series *The Walking Dead*.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

### Wrote (5) — the average rests on these

- *Insidious: Out of the Further* (2026), Fi1m 55, Story, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/insidious-out-of-the-further.md)
- *The Conjuring: Last Rites* (2025), Fi1m 55, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/the-conjuring-last-rites.md)
- *Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom* (2023), Fi1m 45, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom.md)
- *Aquaman* (2018), Fi1m 72, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/aquaman.md)
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), Fi1m 68, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)

### Produced (1)

- *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994), Fi1m 84, Production Assistant — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shawshank-redemption.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Insidious: Out of the Further* (2026), Executive Producer, Story — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/insidious-out-of-the-further.md)
- *The Conjuring: Last Rites* (2025), Story, Executive Producer, Screenplay — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-conjuring-last-rites.md)
- *Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom* (2023), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom.md)
- *Orphan: First Kill* (2022), Story, Executive Producer
- *Till Death* (2021), Producer
- *The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It* (2021), Story, Screenplay
- *Aquaman* (2018), Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/aquaman.md)
- *The Conjuring 2* (2016), Screenplay
- *Mob City* (2013), series, Writer
- *Wrath of the Titans* (2012), Screenplay, Story
- *Red Riding Hood* (2011), Writer
- *Red Riding Hood: The Tale Begins* (2011), Executive Producer
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), series, as Radio Newscaster · Writer, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)
- *Orphan* (2009), Screenplay
- *Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile* (2000), Camera Operator
- *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994), Production Assistant — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shawshank-redemption.md)
- *Dead by Daylight*, Screenplay
- *Orphans*, Producer
- *Mice and Mystics*, Writer
- *The Call of Cthulhu*, Writer
- *Vincent Must Die*, Director, Writer

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