---
name: "David Self"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-self"
fi1m_id: "david-self"
imdb_id: "nm0783100"
tmdb_id: 35021
wikidata_id: "Q3703332"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "8 January 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-02T21:51:02.276171+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 Self

## Identity

David Self

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-self
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-self
- **IMDb ID:** nm0783100
- **TMDB ID:** 35021
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3703332
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Self, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3703332, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783100/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35021

Writer. Born 8 January 1970 in Texas City, Texas, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 8 January 1970, Texas City, Texas, United States
- **Active:** 2000–2010
- **Also known as:** David Christopher Self
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Self, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3703332, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783100/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35021

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Thirteen Days*](https://film.one/film/thirteen-days.md) (70)

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

## 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).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Road to Perdition* (2002), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/road-to-perdition.md)
- *Thirteen Days* (2000), Fi1m 70, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/thirteen-days.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Desert Warrior* (2026), Writer
- *The Wolfman* (2010), Screenplay
- *Road to Perdition* (2002), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/road-to-perdition.md)
- *Thirteen Days* (2000), Screenplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/thirteen-days.md)
- *The Haunting* (1999), Screenplay
- *El-Alamein*, Writer

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