David White

As the author of six novels, twelve screenplays and a host of short scripts, my interest has always been in creating cutting-edge stories and envelope-pushing subject matter. From gritty conspiracy-filled dramas ("Silencers") to a romantic thriller with a unique twist ("Paige Turner"), from a John Grisham-inspired courtroom drama ("Oblivion") to a 4/20-humor romp that's been dubbed "Willy Wonka on weed" ("Welcome to Highville"), my writing is wide-ranging but always intelligent and entertaining.

Many of my scripts have been finalists in major screenplay competitions, from the original Project Greenlight to the NexTV Writing and The Movie Deal screenplay competitions. With two decades as a professional writer and editor in the advertising and publishing worlds, I've also been fortunate to create compelling TV/radio spots for niche companies (Paul Prudhomme, Town & Country Homes) up to major corporations (BMW, Citibank, The TBS Network).

My recent writing includes a planned eight-episode TV series similar in scope and budget to HBO's "Chernobyl," but focused instead on the real-life 2007 story of the disappearance of a nuclear warhead from a parked B-52 bomber, the four mysterious murders that occurred of base personnel, and the ensuing furor that saw the firing or demotion of more than 70 Air Force officers, as well as the firing of both the Secretary of the Air Force and the Air Force Chief of Staff. The series is called "Missile Number Six."

Another project in the works is a three-season series with material that straddles the content of "Black Mirror" and films like "Moon" and "Interstellar." With a focus on hard science fiction and a future somewhere between optimism and terror, this series shines a light at what the next hundred years might hold in store for us, and out=r planet. The eponymous pilot episode is called "H is for Human," and follows a newly awoke android whose exploration of this new thing called "emotions" leads him to bond with a terminally ill child in ways his designers had not expected.

I'm also working on a screenplay based on the popular game Dungeons and Dragons, which has seen a rise in popularity since its inclusion in "Stranger Things." Loads of humor mix with non-stop action and frequent fourth--wall breaks in this script, called "The Deus Vault."

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