David Shaber_
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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English
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Yale School of Drama
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蛇 Snake
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English < Biblical Hebrew (דּוד)
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David Shaber is known for writing.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States (died at age 70).
David Shaber has 6 credits in our database.
Studied at Array.
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Filmography (6)
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Shaber (1929 - November 4, 1999) was an American screenwriter and theatre producer, best known for writing The Warriors, Nighthawks and The Hunt for Red October
Shaber was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and abandoned a pre-med education for the Yale Drama School. He wrote and produced plays, and also wrote forty commissioned screenplays, eight of which were made into feature films, in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 1990s, he taught advanced screenwriting at Columbia University in New York City.
He died of an aneurysm on November 4, 1999, aged 70.
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David Shaber was born on and passed away on at the age of 70.
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David Shaber was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
What movies or shows has David Shaber been in?
David Shaber has 6 credits in our database. Notable titles include Flight of the Intruder (1991), Nighthawks (1981), Rollover (1981), Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980), Last Embrace (1979).
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David Shaber is primarily known as a writer. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Shaber (1929 - November 4, 1999) was an American screenwriter and theatre producer, best known for writing The Warriors,…
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