David S. Goyer
Known for: Writing
Born: December 22, 1965
Place of birth: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
David Samuel Goyer (born December 22, 1965) is an American filmmaker, novelist, and comic book writer. He is best known for writing the screenplays and stories for several superhero films, including Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998), the Blade trilogy (1998–2004), Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012), Man of Steel (2013), and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). He has also directed four films: Zig Zag (2002), Blade: Trinity (2004), The Invisible (2007), and The Unborn (2009). He is the creator of the science fiction television series Foundation, which is loosely based on the Foundation series written by Isaac Asimov. Goyer was co-writer of the video games Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. He won a Saturn Award for Best Writing for Batman Begins (2005), received another nomination for Dark City, and was nominated for four Hugo Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article David S. Goyer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
61 movies · 16 TV shows, newest first
5.0
Night Patrol
2026
7.3
Superman
2025
7.3
Murderbot
2025
6.8
The First Omen
2024
7.5
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
6.2
Hellraiser
2022
7.9
The Sandman
2022
6.2
Antlers
2021
7.7
Foundation
2021
7.5
The Tomorrow War
2021
6.6
The Night House
2021
6.4
Terminator: Dark Fate
2019
7.7
Constantine: City of Demons - The Movie
2018
6.2
Assassination Nation
2018
6.4
A-X-L
2018
6.2
Tau
2018
7.3
Constantine: City of Demons
2018
7.1
Krypton
2018
7.2
The Shape of Water
2017
6.6
The Birth of a Nation
2016
6.0
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
7.2
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016
5.2
The Forest
2016
7.8
Constantine
2014
7.8
The Flash
2014
NR
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
2013
6.9
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
2013
6.7
Man of Steel
2013
7.6
Da Vinci's Demons
2013
7.1
Ending the Knight
2012
7.8
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
6.0
Blade II: Blood Brothers
2012
4.7
DevilDolls
2012
5.0
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
3.5
Demonic Toys: Personal Demons
2010
7.0
FlashForward
2009
5.2
The Unborn
2009
NR
Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach
2008
8.5
The Dark Knight
2008
6.7
Batman: Gotham Knight
2008
6.2
Jumper
2008
5.7
Bloodsucking Cinema
2007
6.4
The Invisible
2007
5.6
Ghost Rider
2007
5.7
Blade: House of Chthon
2006
6.4
Blade: The Series
2006
NR
The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter David Goyer
2006
7.0
Threshold
2005
7.7
Batman Begins
2005
NR
Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade Trinity
2005
5.9
Blade: Trinity
2004
4.3
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
2002
5.7
Zig Zag
2002
6.6
Blade II
2002
6.7
FreakyLinks
2000
6.0
Mission to Mars
2000
8.0
La Magra
1998
7.0
Origins of 'Blade': A Look at Dark Comics
1998
7.0
The Blood Tide
1998
6.9
Blade
1998
4.6
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
1998
7.3
Dark City
1998
7.8
Sleepwalkers
1997
6.2
Perversions of Science
1997
5.5
The Crow: City of Angels
1996
5.8
The Puppet Masters
1994
4.6
The Substitute
1993
4.7
Arcade
1993
5.3
Demonic Toys
1992
5.6
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
1991
6.3
Death Warrant
1990NR
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
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NR
The Blob
—NR
Fantastic Voyage
—NR
Rogue
—NR
Starman
—NR
Fatal Fury
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