---
name: "David Peoples"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-webb-peoples"
fi1m_id: "david-webb-peoples"
imdb_id: "nm0672459"
tmdb_id: 7191
wikidata_id: "Q1177114"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T15:37:06.466438+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."
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# David Peoples

## Identity

David Peoples

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-webb-peoples
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-webb-peoples
- **IMDb ID:** nm0672459
- **TMDB ID:** 7191
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1177114
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Peoples, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1177114, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672459/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7191

Writer. Born 1 January 1940 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1940, Middletown, Connecticut, USA
- **Active:** 1982–1995
- **Also known as:** David Webb Peoples, David W. Peoples, Anthony Able
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 85 (1), 1990s 87 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 86 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Science Fiction 2, Thriller 2, Drama 1, Mystery 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $370m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Peoples, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1177114, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672459/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7191

## Biography

David Webb Peoples is an American screenwriter. Born on 9 February 1940 in Middletown, Connecticut, he studied English at the University of California, Berkeley, and worked as a film editor in the 1970s while writing screenplays.

His screenwriting career began with the co-credit (with Hampton Fancher) on *Blade Runner* (1982). Subsequent credits include *Ladyhawke* (1985), *Leviathan* (1989), *Unforgiven* (1992), *12 Monkeys* (1995, co-written with his wife Janet Peoples), and *Soldier* (1998). He also wrote and directed *The Blood of Heroes* (1989).

Peoples received an Academy Award nomination for the screenplay of *Unforgiven*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Twelve Monkeys* (1995), Fi1m 82, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-monkeys.md)
- *Unforgiven* (1992), Fi1m 92, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/unforgiven.md)
- *Blade Runner* (1982), Fi1m 85, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Alien Galaxy* (2018), Actor
- *12 Monkeys* (2015), series, Original Film Writer
- *Unforgiven* (2013), Original Film Writer
- *Soldier* (1998), Screenplay
- *Twelve Monkeys* (1995), Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-monkeys.md)
- *Hero* (1992), Screenplay
- *Unforgiven* (1992), Writer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/unforgiven.md)
- *The Blood of Heroes* (1989), Writer, Director
- *Leviathan* (1989), Story, Screenplay
- *Ladyhawke* (1985), Screenplay
- *Blade Runner* (1982), Screenplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner.md)
- *The Day After Trinity* (1980), Writer, Editor
- *Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?* (1977), Editor
- *Lucifer's Women* (1974), Editor
- *Steel Arena* (1973), Editor
- *Tricia's Wedding* (1971), Editor
- *How We Stopped the War* (1969), Director
- *Mandrake the Magician*, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1993: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Unforgiven*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1993: Best Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Unforgiven*

### Golden Globes — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1992: Best Screenplay (nominated), for *Unforgiven*

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay 1993: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Unforgiven*
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay 1992: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Unforgiven*
- Hugo Awards 1983: Best Dramatic Presentation (won), for *Blade Runner*

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

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