---
name: "David Seidler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-seidler"
fi1m_id: "david-seidler"
imdb_id: "nm0782436"
tmdb_id: 132832
wikidata_id: "Q972585"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "13 July 1937"
died: "16 March 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:49:02.449383+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 Seidler

## Identity

David Seidler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-seidler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-seidler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0782436
- **TMDB ID:** 132832
- **Wikidata ID:** Q972585
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Seidler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q972585, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782436/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/132832

Writer. Born 13 July 1937 in London, England, UK. Died 16 March 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 July 1937, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 16 March 2024
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Seidler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q972585, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782436/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/132832

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The King's Speech*](https://film.one/film/the-kings-speech.md) (82)

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## Biography

David Seidler was a British-American playwright and screenwriter. Born in London in 1937, he died on 16 March 2024 while fly-fishing in New Zealand.

He is best known for writing the screenplay for the 2010 film *The King's Speech*, for which he received the Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay. The script drew on his own childhood experience of stuttering. His other screen credits include *Tucker: The Man and His Dream* (1988), *Quest for Camelot* (1998) and *The King and I* (1999).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, washingtonpost.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The King's Speech* (2010), Fi1m 82, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-kings-speech.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *LOUDER: The Soundtrack of Change* (2024), Executive Producer
- *The Last Ecstatic Days* (2023), Executive Producer
- *The King's Speech* (2010), Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-kings-speech.md)
- *Kung Fu Killer* (2008), Writer
- *Kung Fu Killer* (2008), series, Writer
- *Son of the Dragon* (2008), series, Teleplay
- *Soraya* (2003), Teleplay, Story
- *By Dawn's Early Light* (2001), Writer
- *Madeline: Lost in Paris* (1999), Writer
- *The King and I* (1999), Screenplay
- *Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story* (1999), Writer
- *Quest for Camelot* (1998), Screenplay
- *Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure* (1998), Writer
- *Time to Say Goodbye?* (1997), Writer
- *Lies He Told* (1997), Story
- *Dancing in the Dark* (1995), Writer
- *Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica* (1993), Writer
- *Tucker: The Man and His Dream* (1988), Screenplay
- *Onassis: The Richest Man in the World* (1988), Writer
- *My Father, My Son* (1988), Writer
- *Malice in Wonderland* (1985), Teleplay

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2011: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *The King's Speech*

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Film 2011: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *The King's Speech*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2011: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *The King's Speech*

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

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