---
name: "David McKenna"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-mckenna-818"
fi1m_id: "david-mckenna-818"
imdb_id: "nm0571346"
tmdb_id: 818
wikidata_id: "Q371510"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "14 August 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T22:22:48.125449+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 McKenna

## Identity

David McKenna

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-mckenna-818
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-mckenna-818
- **IMDb ID:** nm0571346
- **TMDB ID:** 818
- **Wikidata ID:** Q371510
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McKenna_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q371510, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0571346/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/818

Producer. Born 14 August 1968 in San Diego, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 14 August 1968, San Diego, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Zachary Long
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McKenna_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q371510, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0571346/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/818

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*American History X*](https://film.one/film/american-history-x.md) (67)

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

## Biography

David McKenna is an American screenwriter and producer. He wrote the screenplay for the 1998 film *American History X*, which he also co-produced. He sold the script at the age of 26.

McKenna's other screenwriting credits include *Body Shots* (1999), *Get Carter* (2000), *Blow* (2001), *Bully* (2001, credited as Zachary Long) and *S.W.A.T.* (2003). He created and served as executive producer on the television series *E-Ring* (2005–2006). He has also taught film at Columbia University and Barnard College.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *American History X* (1998), Fi1m 67, Screenplay, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/american-history-x.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Embattled* (2020), Writer
- *Cocaine Godmother* (2017), Teleplay, Story, Executive Producer
- *E-Ring* (2005), series, Writer, Producer, Creator
- *S.W.A.T.* (2003), Screenplay
- *Bully* (2001), Screenplay, Producer
- *Blow* (2001), Screenplay
- *Get Carter* (2000), Screenplay
- *Body Shots* (1999), Writer
- *American History X* (1998), Screenplay, Co-Producer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/american-history-x.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/david-mckenna-818