---
name: "David Magee"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-magee"
fi1m_id: "david-magee"
imdb_id: "nm1341735"
tmdb_id: 12996
wikidata_id: "Q1175447"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-03T00:23:27.264319+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 Magee

## Identity

David Magee

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-magee
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-magee
- **IMDb ID:** nm1341735
- **TMDB ID:** 12996
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1175447
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Magee, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1175447, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1341735/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12996

Writer. Born 1 January 1962 in Flint, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1962, Flint, Michigan, USA
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Also known as:** ديفيد ماجي
- **Frequently works with:** [Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://film.one/person/lin-manuel-miranda.md), [Marc Platt](https://film.one/person/marc-platt.md), [Rob Marshall](https://film.one/person/rob-marshall.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 64 (1), 2010s 72 (2), 2020s 58 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 68 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Fantasy 3, Adventure 2, Drama 2, Family 2, Comedy 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,644m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Magee, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1175447, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1341735/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12996

## Coming up

- *Anxious People* (2026-11-26), Screenplay

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Mary Poppins Returns*](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins-returns.md) (67), [*The Little Mermaid*](https://film.one/film/the-little-mermaid.md) (58)
- **HBO Max:** [*Life of Pi*](https://film.one/film/life-of-pi.md) (78)

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

## Biography

David Magee is an American screenwriter. He was born in 1962 in Flint, Michigan, and studied at Michigan State University and the University of Illinois. He began his career as a theatre actor before working as an audiobook narrator and abridger.

Magee’s screenplays include *Finding Neverland* (2004), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, *Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day* (2008), *Life of Pi* (2012), which earned him a further Oscar nomination and a Satellite Award, *Mary Poppins Returns* (2018), *A Man Called Otto* (2022), and *The Little Mermaid* (2023). He has also received the Humanitas Prize.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Little Mermaid* (2023), Fi1m 58, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-little-mermaid.md)
- *Mary Poppins Returns* (2018), Fi1m 67, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins-returns.md)
- *Life of Pi* (2012), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/life-of-pi.md)
- *Finding Neverland* (2004), Fi1m 64, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-neverland.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Anxious People* (2026), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Prom Party Massacre* (2025), Executive Producer
- *The Tiger's Apprentice* (2024), Screenplay
- *The Little Mermaid* (2023), Screenplay — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-little-mermaid.md)
- *A Man Called Otto* (2022), as Dye & Merica Rep '83 · Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Lady Chatterley's Lover* (2022), Screenplay
- *The School for Good and Evil* (2022), Screenplay
- *Mary Poppins Returns* (2018), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins-returns.md)
- *Life of Pi* (2012), Screenplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/life-of-pi.md)
- *Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day* (2008), Screenplay
- *Finding Neverland* (2004), Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-neverland.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2013: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Life of Pi*
- 2005: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Finding Neverland*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2012: Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (won), for *Life of Pi*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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