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David S. Goyer

David S. Goyer
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Goyer at the San Diego Comic-Con, 2013
Born David Samuel Goyer
(1965-12-22) December 22, 1965 (age 51)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Occupation Film director, screenwriter, novelist, comic book writer
Nationality American
Genre Screenwriter; comic books
Spouse Marina Black

David Samuel Goyer (born December 22, 1965) is an American screenwriter, film director, novelist, producer, and comic book writer.

His screenwriting works includes the Blade trilogy, Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy, Dark City and Man of Steel, and he directed four feature films: Zig Zag, Blade: Trinity, The Invisible, and The Unborn.

Goyer was also co-writer of the video games Call of Duty: Black Ops and its sequel Call of Duty: Black Ops II. He won a Saturn Award for Best Writing for Batman Begins and received another nomination for Dark City, and has been nominated for four Hugo Awards.

Goyer and his brother Jeff were born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and were raised by their mother. He is Jewish on his mother's side, and attended Hebrew school. He has stated that in regular school, "a lot kids beat me up, saying that I killed Christ. I was very consciously different... I grew up with something of a chip on my shoulder." Goyer is an alumnus of Huron High School and the University of Southern California, graduating from the School of Cinema-Television in 1988.


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