---
name: "David Stassen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-stassen"
fi1m_id: "david-stassen"
imdb_id: "nm2811682"
tmdb_id: 1454295
wikidata_id: "Q99984327"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
born: "14 June 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-30T20:33:53.849772+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 Stassen

## Identity

David Stassen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-stassen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-stassen
- **IMDb ID:** nm2811682
- **TMDB ID:** 1454295
- **Wikidata ID:** Q99984327
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99984327, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2811682/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1454295

Writer and director. Born 14 June 1977 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Born:** 14 June 1977, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Ike Barinholtz](https://film.one/person/ike-barinholtz.md), [Michael Weaver](https://film.one/person/michael-weaver.md), [Mindy Kaling](https://film.one/person/mindy-kaling.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 72 (1), 2020s 57 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99984327, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2811682/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1454295

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Mindy Project*](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md) (72)
- **HBO Max:** [*Rooster*](https://film.one/tv/rooster.md) (57)

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

## Biography

David Stassen is an American writer, producer and director. He was born on 14 June 1977 in Chicago, Illinois.

Stassen wrote the screenplay and story for the 2016 film *Central Intelligence*. He contributed as a writer and in various producing roles on the series *The Mindy Project* (2012–2017). He created and served as showrunner on *Running Point* (2025), and wrote an episode of the series *Rooster* (2026).

He received Writers Guild of America nominations for his work on *History of the World: Part II* (2023) and *The Mindy Project*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1)

- *The Mindy Project* (2012), Fi1m 72, Writer, Director, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Rooster* (2026), Fi1m 57, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/rooster.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Rooster* (2026), series, Writer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/tv/rooster.md)
- *Running Point* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Director, Story, Teleplay, Writer, Creator
- *All That Remains* (2024), Thanks
- *Maximum Truth* (2023), Director, Writer
- *History of the World: Part II* (2023), series, as Union Soldier · Sitcom Director, Executive Producer, Director, Writer
- *The Sex Lives of College Girls* (2021), series, Director
- *The Oath* (2018), Producer
- *Blockers* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Central Intelligence* (2016), as Randy's Husband · Screenplay, Story
- *The Mindy Project* (2012), series, Director, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md)
- *Happy Life*, Director, Writer, Producer

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