---
name: "David N. Weiss"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-n-weiss"
fi1m_id: "david-n-weiss"
imdb_id: "nm0918955"
tmdb_id: 12085
wikidata_id: "Q5237900"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "15 May 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T07:44:15.920717+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."
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# David N. Weiss

## Identity

David N. Weiss

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-n-weiss
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-n-weiss
- **IMDb ID:** nm0918955
- **TMDB ID:** 12085
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5237900
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_N._Weiss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5237900, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0918955/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12085

Writer. Born 15 May 1960 in Ventura, California, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 15 May 1960, Ventura, California, U.S.
- **Active:** 2004–2011
- **Frequently works with:** [J. David Stem](https://film.one/person/j-david-stem.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_N._Weiss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5237900, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0918955/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12085

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Shrek 2*](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md) (80)

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## Biography

David N. Weiss is an American screenwriter. He is credited with the screenplay for *Shrek 2* (2004), co-written with J. David Stem, Andrew Adamson and Joe Stillman. He has frequently collaborated with Stem on other projects.

Weiss's credits include the screenplays for *All Dogs Go to Heaven* (1989), *The Rugrats Movie* (1998), *Rugrats in Paris: The Movie* (2000), *Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius* (2001), *Clockstoppers* (2002), *Are We There Yet?* (2005), *The Smurfs* (2011) and *The Smurfs 2* (2013), as well as story contributions to *Disenchanted* (2022). He has also written episodes of television series including *Rugrats*, *Mission Hill* and *Cybill*.

In 2019 Weiss received the Writers Guild of America West Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award. He has served as an officer of the Writers Guild of America, West.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shrek 2* (2004), Fi1m 80, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Disenchanted* (2022), Story
- *The Smurfs 2* (2013), Screenplay, Story
- *The Smurfs* (2011), Screenplay, Story
- *Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs* (2009), Thanks — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs.md)
- *Daddy Day Camp* (2007), Screenplay
- *Are We Done Yet?* (2007), Writer
- *Zoom* (2006), Writer
- *Are We There Yet?* (2005), Screenplay
- *Shrek 2* (2004), Screenplay — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md)
- *Clockstoppers* (2002), Writer, Story
- *Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius* (2001), Screenplay
- *Rugrats in Paris: The Movie* (2000), Writer
- *Mission Hill* (1999), series, Writer
- *The Rugrats Movie* (1998), Writer
- *The Christmas Story Keepers* (1998), Writer
- *A Rugrats Chanukah* (1996), Co-Producer, Script
- *The Rosey & Buddy Show* (1992), Writer
- *Rugrats* (1991), series, Writer, Story
- *Rock-A-Doodle* (1991), Screenplay, Story
- *All Dogs Go to Heaven* (1989), as The Don Bluth Players (voice) · Screenplay, Story
- *The Man Who Loved Fat Dancing* (1986), Director, Writer
- *Monkey Quest*, Director, Writer

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