David Magee

David Magee (born 1962) is an American screenwriter who was nominated for a 2004 Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Finding Neverland. Along with Simon Beaufoy, he wrote the screenplay for Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day starring Frances McDormand and Amy Adams, which was released in 2008. His 2012 screen adaptation of the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel earned him a Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Known For

A Man Called Otto Not in library

A Man Called Otto

2022

Acting

2022 A Man Called Otto as Dye & Merica Rep '83

Writing

2024 The Tiger's Apprentice Screenplay
2023 The Little Mermaid Screenplay
2022 Lady Chatterley's Lover Screenplay
2022 A Man Called Otto Screenplay
2022 The School for Good and Evil Screenplay
2018 Mary Poppins Returns Screenplay
2018 Mary Poppins Returns Story
2012 Life of Pi Screenplay In Library
2008 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Screenplay
2004 Finding Neverland Screenplay
Anxious People Screenplay

Production

2025 Prom Party Massacre Executive Producer
2022 A Man Called Otto Executive Producer
Anxious People Executive Producer