---
name: "David Scarpa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-scarpa"
fi1m_id: "david-scarpa"
imdb_id: "nm0769227"
tmdb_id: 21527
wikidata_id: "Q5239517"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-02T23:40:54.877811+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 Scarpa

## Identity

David Scarpa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-scarpa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-scarpa
- **IMDb ID:** nm0769227
- **TMDB ID:** 21527
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5239517
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Scarpa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5239517, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769227/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21527

Writer. Born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Also known as:** ديفيد سكاربا
- **Frequently works with:** [Ridley Scott](https://film.one/person/ridley-scott.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 58, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 40 (1), 2010s 63 (1), 2020s 64 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 58 to 60 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, History 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $975m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Scarpa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5239517, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769227/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21527

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Gladiator II*](https://film.one/film/gladiator-ii.md) (64), [*Napoleon*](https://film.one/film/napoleon.md) (63)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*All the Money in the World*](https://film.one/film/all-the-money-in-the-world.md) (63)

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

## Biography

David Scarpa is an American screenwriter. He was born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and raised in Tennessee and Connecticut. He attended New York University's film programme.

Scarpa has collaborated extensively with director Ridley Scott. He wrote the screenplays for *All the Money in the World* (2017), *Napoleon* (2023) and *Gladiator II* (2024), on which he also received a story credit with Peter Craig. Earlier credits include the screenplay for *The Day the Earth Stood Still* (2008) and co-writing *The Last Castle* (2001) with Graham Yost.

His television work includes writing three episodes of *The Man in the High Castle* (2019), on which he also served as executive producer. He received a BAFTA nomination for *Napoleon*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Gladiator II* (2024), Fi1m 64, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/gladiator-ii.md)
- *Napoleon* (2023), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/napoleon.md)
- *All the Money in the World* (2017), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-money-in-the-world.md)
- *The Day the Earth Stood Still* (2008), Fi1m 40, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-2008.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Gladiator II* (2024), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/gladiator-ii.md)
- *Napoleon* (2023), Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/napoleon.md)
- *All the Money in the World* (2017), Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-money-in-the-world.md)
- *The Man in the High Castle* (2015), series, Writer
- *The Day the Earth Stood Still* (2008), Screenplay — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-2008.md)
- *The Last Castle* (2001), Screenplay, Story

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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-scarpa