---
name: "David V. Picker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-v-picker"
fi1m_id: "david-v-picker"
imdb_id: "nm0681802"
tmdb_id: 10590
wikidata_id: "Q5240588"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "14 May 1931"
died: "20 April 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T00:44:06.448213+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 V. Picker

## Identity

David V. Picker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-v-picker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-v-picker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0681802
- **TMDB ID:** 10590
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5240588
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_V._Picker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5240588, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681802/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10590

Producer. Born 14 May 1931 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 20 April 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 14 May 1931, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 20 April 2019
- **Active:** 1974–1979
- **Also known as:** David Picker
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_V._Picker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5240588, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681802/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10590

## Biography

David V. Picker was an American film producer and studio executive. Born in New York City on 14 May 1931, he began his career in marketing at United Artists and rose to become president of the studio. In that role he helped secure the James Bond film series and served as executive producer on *A Hard Day's Night* (1964).

Picker later headed motion picture production at Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures. As an independent producer he worked on *Lenny* (1974), *The Jerk* (1979), *Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid* (1982), *The Man with Two Brains* (1983) and *The Crucible* (1996). He wrote a memoir, *Musts, Maybes and Nevers*, published in 2013. Picker died in New York City on 20 April 2019.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Jerk* (1979), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jerk.md)
- *Lenny* (1974), Fi1m 67, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/lenny.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Children Will Listen* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale* (2002), series, Executive Producer
- *David Copperfield* (2001), Executive Producer
- *David Copperfield* (2000), series, Executive Producer
- *In the Beginning* (2000), series, Executive Producer
- *Inside 'Live and Let Die'* (1999), Actor
- *P.T. Barnum* (1999), series, Executive Producer
- *Rear Window* (1998), Executive Producer
- *The Temptations* (1998), series, Executive Producer
- *The Crucible* (1996), Producer
- *The Saint of Fort Washington* (1993), Producer
- *Leap of Faith* (1992), Producer
- *Traces of Red* (1992), Producer
- *Livin' Large!* (1991), Producer
- *A Shock to the System* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Stella* (1990), Executive Producer
- *The Appointments of Dennis Jennings* (1988), Executive Producer
- *Leader of the Band* (1987), Producer
- *The Goodbye People* (1984), Producer
- *Beat Street* (1984), Producer
- *The Man with Two Brains* (1983), Producer
- *Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid* (1982), Producer
- *The Jerk* (1979), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-jerk.md)
- *Bloodline* (1979), Producer
- *Oliver's Story* (1978), Producer
- *The One and Only* (1978), Producer
- *Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood* (1976), Producer
- *Royal Flash* (1975), Producer
- *Smile* (1975), Executive Producer
- *Lenny* (1974), Executive Producer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/lenny.md)
- *Juggernaut* (1974), Executive Producer
- *A Hard Day's Night* (1964), Executive Producer

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