David Reynolds

Reynolds worked across screenwriter, actor, producer, film actor and writer and 1 further recorded occupations. This article rests on 98 published texts and 30 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — David Reynolds • Agent — The Gersh Agency • Occupation — * Screenwriter • actor • film producer • Years Active — 1986–present • Notable Works — * The Emperor's New Groove • Finding Nemo • Mulan • Atlantis: The Lost Empire • The Garfield Movie

In the early 1990s, he became a television writer. He made his writing debut on the late-night television series, Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Afterwards, he started to transition into film with his theatrical debut providing additional story material on Mulan. After the success of Mulan, Disney gave Reynolds a 'six-year contract' deal to work for both Walt Disney Feature Animation and Pixar Animation Studios. Some later works with the "Mouse-House" included additional writing on the story for A Bug's Life, writer of the host segments on Fantasia 2000, and got his official writing debut with The Emperor's New Groove. He went on to write with other writers on films like on Atlantis: The Lost Empire with Tab Murphy, The Jungle Book 2 with Karl Geurs and Evan Spiliotopoulos, and his most acclaimed work yet, Finding Nemo, with Andrew Stanton and Bob Peterson. He received numerous nominations and awards for Nemo, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, a BAFTA nomination for Best Original Screenplay, a Hugo Award nomination for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, and a Nebula Award nomination for Best Script, and won an Annie for Writing in a Feature Production. Reynolds was attached to co-write, alongside Ken Kaufman, the 2006 animated film Curious George. His name was featured in the film’s trailer but was left uncredited in the film. His last movie credit was for working on Chimpanzee where he was a creative consultant and wrote the short film The Polar Bears in 2012. In 2007, Reynolds was slated to write a film adaptation of the book Nightmare Academy. In 2010, it was reported that he was working at Sony Pictures Animation for a feature titled Futuropolis that would've been co-written and directed by Stephan Franck. As of 2018, no updates have emerged for Nightmare Academy and Futuropolis. On June 7, 2015, Reynolds and New Groove director Mark Dindal attended a conversation event for the Austin Film Festival where they shared their knowledge, secrets, and strategies. In 2021, Reynolds was announced as screenwriter for The Garfield Movie, along with the announcement that Chris Pratt would voice the titular character. Writing alongside Paul A. Kaplan and Mark Torgove, the film reunited Reynolds with New Groove director Mark Dindal. The film was released on May 24, 2024, and while it was met with mixed-to-negative reviews, the film was a box-office hit.

• Title — Year — Role • One More Saturday Night — 1986 — Actor: Russ Cadwell • Crime Story — Actor: Driver #2 ("The War") • Soul Man — Actor: Ernie • China Beach — 1988 — Actor: Pilot #1 ("Somewhere Over the Radio") • Raising Miranda — Unknown ("Black Monday") • Late Night with Conan O'Brien — 1993-94 — Writer (230 episodes) • Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series — 1996 — Writer: *Overbites in Paradise segment • Mulan — 1998 — Additional story material • A Bug's Life — Additional writer: story • Saturday Night Live — Writer: *Alec Baldwin/Luciano Pavarotti, Vanessa Williams (Saturday TV Funhouse segment) • Tarzan — 1999 — Additional screenplay material • Toy Story 2 • Fantasia 2000 — Writer: Live-Action segments (along with Don Hahn and Irene Mecchi) • TV Funhouse — 2000 — Writer: *Christmas Day (Globetrotters Christmas segment) • The Emperor's New Groove — Screenplay, voice: Checkers Player • Atlantis: The Lost Empire — 2001 — Additional screenplay material • The Sweatbox — 2002 — Himself • The Jungle Book 2 — 2003 — Additional written material • Finding Nemo — Screenplay (along with Andrew Stanton and Bob Peterson) • Finding Nemo: Studio Tour of Pixar — Himself • Chicken Little — 2005 — Additional dialogue • Sita Sings the Blues — 2008 — Donor • Toy Story 3 — 2010 — Additional dialogue • Chimpanzee — 2012 — Creative consultant • The Polar Bears — Screenplay • Aldabra: Once Upon an Island — 2015 — Creative consultant • Sprite Fright — 2021 — Short; special thanks • The Garfield Movie — 2024 — Screenplay (along with Paul A. Kaplan and Mark Torgove), executive producer, lyricist for Lactose Farms Jingle (with Mark Dindal)

• Nightmare Academy • Futuropolis • Brooklyn Family Robinson • Where's Charlie?

David Reynolds was born on 17 February 1962 in Providence. Reynolds held the nationality of United States. Recorded sibling: Brian Reynolds. Reynolds worked as screenwriter, actor, producer and film actor, and the authority record catalogues a further 2 occupations under the same name, among them writer and composer. Reynolds was active from 1986. Reynolds worked in English.

Reynolds worked for the screen, as screenwriter. 3 films survive in the institutional catalogues, spanning 2001 to 2006. They are How to Make a Monster (2001), Cruel Intentions 3 (2004) and In Her Line of Fire (2006).