Biography
David Christopher Self is an American screenwriter. He was born on 8 January 1970 in Texas City, Texas, and raised in Danvers, Massachusetts. He graduated from St John's Preparatory School and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in English literature from Stanford University.
Self began his career with a spec script and received his first major studio credit for the screenplay of The Haunting (1999). He subsequently wrote Thirteen Days (2000) and Road to Perdition (2002). His later credits include the screenplay for The Wolfman (2010) and Desert Warrior (2025).
