---
name: "David Seltzer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-seltzer"
fi1m_id: "david-seltzer"
imdb_id: "nm0783544"
tmdb_id: 11834
wikidata_id: "Q1176593"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
born: "12 February 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T22:54:57.618407+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 Seltzer

## Identity

David Seltzer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-seltzer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-seltzer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0783544
- **TMDB ID:** 11834
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1176593
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Seltzer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1176593, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783544/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11834

Writer and director. Born 12 February 1940 in Highland Park, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Born:** 12 February 1940, Highland Park, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1971–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 directing, 2 writing, 1 crew
- **Average Fi1m score:** 58, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 82 (1), 1990s 46 (2), 2020s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Seltzer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1176593, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783544/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11834

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Bird on a Wire*](https://film.one/film/bird-on-a-wire.md) (44)

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

## Biography

David Seltzer (born 12 February 1940) is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He was born in Highland Park, Illinois.

Seltzer wrote the screenplay for the supernatural horror film *The Omen* (1976). His other writing credits include *Prophecy* (1979), *Six Weeks* (1982), *Bird on a Wire* (1990), *My Giant* (1998) and *Dragonfly* (2002). He also contributed uncredited work to *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory* (1971).

As a writer-director, his credits include *Lucas* (1986), *Punchline* (1988), *Shining Through* (1992) and *Nobody's Baby* (2001).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Directed (1)

- *Shining Through* (1992), Fi1m 47, Executive Producer, Screenplay, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/shining-through.md)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *The First Omen* (2024), Fi1m 72, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/the-first-omen.md)
- *Bird on a Wire* (1990), Fi1m 44, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/bird-on-a-wire.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory* (1971), Fi1m 82, Additional Writing — [page](https://film.one/film/willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *The First Omen* (2024), Characters — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-first-omen.md)
- *Damien* (2016), series, Characters
- *Cinema Verite* (2011), Writer
- *The Omen* (2006), Writer
- *Revelations* (2005), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Dragonfly* (2002), Screenplay
- *Nobody's Baby* (2001), Director, Scenario Writer, Writer
- *666: The Omen Revealed* (2000), Actor
- *My Giant* (1998), Story, Screenplay
- *The Eighteenth Angel* (1997), Writer
- *The Omen* (1995), Characters
- *Shining Through* (1992), Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/shining-through.md)
- *Omen IV: The Awakening* (1991), Characters
- *Bird on a Wire* (1990), Screenplay — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/bird-on-a-wire.md)
- *Punchline* (1988), Director, Writer
- *Someone to Watch Over Me* (1987), Screenplay
- *Lucas* (1986), Director, Writer
- *Private Sessions* (1985), Teleplay
- *Table for Five* (1983), Writer
- *Six Weeks* (1982), Screenplay
- *The Final Conflict* (1981), Characters
- *Prophecy* (1979), Writer, Novel
- *Damien - Omen II* (1978), Characters
- *Green Eyes* (1977), Screenplay, Producer
- *The Omen* (1976), Writer
- *The Other Side of the Mountain* (1975), Screenplay
- *My Father's House* (1975), Screenplay
- *Larry* (1974), Writer
- *One Is a Lonely Number* (1972), Screenplay
- *King, Queen, Knave* (1972), Screenplay
- *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory* (1971), as Additional Writing — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory.md)
- *The Hellstrom Chronicle* (1971), Writer
- *The Lonely Dorymen* (1968), Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director 1992: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director (won), for *Shining Through*
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay 1992: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay (nominated), for *Shining Through*

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

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