David Greenwalt is an American screenwriter. He was born in Los Angeles, California on October 16, 1949. He has served as writer, director and producer on many television shows. He was a staff writer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and co-creator of its spinoff, Angel. He is also co-creator of the short lived cult television show Profit. On June 1st, 2007, The Hollywood Reporter announced that David Greenwalt, the co-creator of the similarly themed vampire detective show Angel would serve as executive producer and showrunner on Moonlight, a new series that will debut on CBS this fall. [1] He later had to leave the show prior to its debut for health reasons, but executive producer Joel Silver stated that his imprint would remain: "He worked really hard on the arc of the series. He really helped us focus and get started". [2]
Trivia
- After he left Angel to do Jake 2.0, both shows ended up competing against each other on Wednesday nights at 9/8c on The WB and UPN respectively in the 2003 - 2004 season .
Career highlights
- Writer - Moonlight, Kidnapped, Surface, Miracles, Jake 2.0, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files, Profit, The Wonder Years, The Commish, Doogie Howser, M.D.
- Director - The Wonder Years, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Jake 2.0
- Producer - Kidnapped, Moonlight, Surface, Jake 2.0, Miracles, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files, Profit, The Commish, Eureka
