TWOHY, David N. 1955–

(D. T. Twohy, David Twohy)

PERSONAL

Born October 18, 1955. Education: Graduated from California State University, Long Beach.

Addresses:

Agent—International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career:

Writer, director, and producer. Worked as a bartender.

Member:

Writers Guild of America.

Awards, Honors:

Golden Raven, Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, and International Fantasy Film Award nomination, Fantasporto, best film, both 1992, for Grand Tour: Disaster in Time; Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination, Mystery Writers of America, best movie, and Writers Guild of America Award nomination, best screenplay based on material previously produced or published, both with Jeb Stuart, both 1994, for The Fugitive; Catalonian International Film Festival Award nomination, best film, 1996, for The Arrival; Bram Stoker Award nomination (with Ken Wheat and Jim Wheat), Horror Writers Association, best screenplay, 2001, for Pitch Black; International Fantasy Film Award nomination, best film, 2003, for Below.

CREDITS

Film Director:

(As David Twohy) The Arrival (also known as Shockwave), LIVE Entertainment, 1996.

Pitch Black (also known as The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black), USA Films, 2000.

Below, Miramax/Dimension Films, 2002.

The Chronicles of Riddick (also released as The Chronicles of Riddick: The Director's Cut), Universal, 2004.

Film Executive Producer:

(With Ted Field and Robert W. Cort) Terminal Velocity, Buena Vista, 1994.

Film Appearances:

British captain, Below, Miramax/Dimension Films, 2002.

Television Director; Movies:

The Grand Tour: Disaster in Time (also known as Disaster in Time, The Grand Tour, and Timescape), Showtime, 1992.

Television Creative Consultant; Specials:

Into Pitch Black, Sci–Fi Channel, 2000.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The Blockbuster Imperative, Trio, 2003.

Himself, The Chronicles of Riddick: The Lowdown, Sci–Fi Channel, 2004.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(As D. T. Twohy; with Mick Garris) Critters 2: The Main Course, New Line Cinema, 1988.

(As D. T. Twohy) Warlock: The Armageddon, Trimark Pictures, 1991.

(As David Twohy; with Jeb Stuart) The Fugitive (based on characters by Roy Huggins), Warner Bros., 1993.

Terminal Velocity, Buena Vista, 1994.

(Uncredited) The Last Gasp, Castel Films Productions, 1995.

(As David Twohy; with Peter Rader and Marc Norman) Waterworld, Universal, 1995.

(As David Twohy) The Arrival (also known as Shockwave), LIVE Entertainment, 1996.

(As David Twohy; with Danielle Alexandra) G.I. Jane, Buena Vista, 1997.

(With Ken Wheat and Jim Wheat) Pitch Black (also known as The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black), USA Films, 2000.

(With Lucas Sussman and Darren Aronofsky) Below, Miramax/Dimension Films, 2002.

Imposter, Dimension Films, 2002.

The Chronicles of Riddick (also released as The Chronicles of Riddick: The Director's Cut), Universal, 2004.

Author of an unused script for Alien3 (also known as Alien 3), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1992.

Stories for Films:

(As D. T. Twohy) Warlock: The Armageddon, Trimark Pictures, 1991.

(As David Twohy; with Jeb Stuart) The Fugitive (based on characters by Roy Huggins), Warner Bros., 1993.

The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (animated), Universal, 2004.

Teleplays; Movies:

The Grand Tour: Disaster in Time (also known as Disaster in Time, The Grand Tour, and Timescape), Showtime, 1992.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Cinefantastique, April, 2000, pp. 56–57.

Starlog, July, 1996.

Urban Cinefile, May 18, 2000.

Writers Digest, July, 1995, pp. 41–42.