David Schwab, is a screenwriter based in New York City. Since 2014, Mr. Schwab has been an adjunct professor of screen writing at the Graduate Film school at Columbia University. He has also taught at the French film program, La Femis.

Mr. Schwab received his MFA in Film from the Columbia University School of the Arts. His thesis script, Mr. Verner’s Pygmy, was purchased by Scott Rudin. Since then Mr. Schwab has written for, among others, Warner Brothers, Animal Logic, Hollywood Pictures, Propaganda, HD Net Films, and Paramount Pictures.

Mr. Schwab was the 2014 Sundance/Sloan Commissioning Grantee for his script, Francis Turnbull – which was also selected for the 2013 Hampton Film Festival writer’s lab. Francis Turnbull is being produced by Oren Moverman (The Messenger, Love and Mercy, Time Out of Mind) and Wren Arthur (Prairie Home Companion). Jennifer Fox (The Tale, Beirut: The Last Home Movie) will direct. Mr. Schwab recently completed Kaczynski a TV pilot about the Unabomber for SightUnseen pictures. Oren Moveman will direct.