David Fury

David Fury
David Fury, 2007
Born	David Allen Shapiro March 5, 1959 (1959-03-05) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Sceenwriter, producer
Notable award(s)	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series 2006 24 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series 2005 Lost Writers Guild of America Award 2006 Lost
Spouse(s)	Elin Hampton (1993-present)

David Fury (born 5 March 1959) is an American television screenwriter and producer, best known for his work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Lost, 24, and Fringe.

Fury was a co-executive producer and writer for the first season of Lost. Fury and the writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the first season.

Fury was born in New York City, New York, the son of a model. He was a stand-up comic at The Improv and Catch a Rising Star, and founded a comedy theater troupe called Brain Trust. He also wrote for The Jackie Thomas Show, House of Buggin, Dream On and Pinky and the Brain.

In 2008, Fury cameoed alongside Marti Noxon as a singing newsreader in Joss Whedon's short film Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.

Fury is married to fellow screenwriter Elin Hampton (producer of Mad About You), and has three children.

Credits

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Fury first freelanced episodes throughout seasons two and three of Buffy before joining the writing staff in season four as a producer. He was promoted to a supervising producer in season five and to a co-executive producer in season six. He is the only writer besides creator Joss Whedon to write a Buffy season finale episode.

• 2x20 "Go Fish" (co-writer; with Elin Hampton)
• 3x12 "Helpless" (writer)
• 3x19 "Choices" (writer)
• 4x04 "Fear, Itself" (writer)
• 4x11 "Doomed" (co-writer; with Marti Noxon and Jane Espenson)
• 4x13 "The I in Team" (writer)
• 4x21 "Primeval" (writer)
• 5x02 "Real Me" (writer)
• 5x08 "Shadow" (writer)
• 5x14 "Crush" (writer)
• 6x02 "Bargaining (Part 2) (writer)
• 6x05 "Life Serial" (co-writer; with Jane Espenson)
• 6x11 "Gone" (writer and director)
• 6x22 "Grave" (writer)
• 7x08 "Sleeper" (co-writer; with Jane Espenson)
• 7x11 "Showtime" (writer)
• 7x17 "Lies My Parents Told Me" (co-writer and director; with Drew Goddard)

Angel

Fury freelanced episodes throughout the first three seasons of Angel, then took over Marti Noxon's role as consulting producer on the show beginning with season four. After Buffy concluded, he was promoted to co-executive producer for the final season of Angel, and then to full executive producer midseason.

• 1x02 "Lonely Hearts" (writer)
  • "Corrupt" (original second episode)
• 1x10 "Parting Gifts" (co-writer; with Jeannine Renshaw)
• 2x17 "Disharmony" (writer)
• 3x19 "The Price" (writer)
• 4x03 "The House Always Wins" (writer)
• 4x10 "Awakening" (co-writer; with Steven S. DeKnight)
• 4x13 "Salvage" (writer)
• 4x21 "Peace Out" (writer)
• 5x02 "Just Rewards" (teleplay and story; story with Ben Edlund)
• 5x08 "Destiny" (co-writer; with Steven S. DeKnight)
• 5x12 "You're Welcome" (writer and director)
• 5x21 "Power Play" (writer)

Lost

Fury served as a co-executive producer for the first season of Lost. Significantly, Fury wrote the first flashback episodes for many of the important characters including Locke, Sayid, Hurley, and Walt. His episodes also introduced such important series phenomenon as the numbers and the whispers, and the episode Walkabout was the first time that any of the survivors saw the monster.

• 1x04 "Walkabout" (writer)
• 1x09 "Solitary" (writer)
• 1x14 "Special" (writer)
• 1x18 "Numbers" (co-writer; with Brent Fletcher)

24

Fury was hired to co-executive produce the fifth and sixth seasons of 24, and moved up to executive producer during the show's seventh season. A title he also held during the series final season.

• 5x06 "Day 5: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m." (writer)
• 5x09 "Day 5: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m." (co-writer; with Howard Gordon)
• 5x17 "Day 5: 11:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m." (writer)
• 5x22 "Day 5: 4:00 a.m. – 5:00 a.m." (co-writer; with Sam Montgomery)
• 6x03 "Day 6: 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m." (co-writer; with Evan Katz)
• 6x08 "Day 6: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m." (co-writer; with Evan Katz)
• 6x12 "Day 6: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m." (teleplay; with Evan Katz)
• 6x14 "Day 6: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m." (story; with Manny Coto)
• 6x17 "Day 6: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m." (writer)
• 6x24 "Day 6: 5:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m." (co-writer; with Robert Cochran & Manny Coto)
• 7x04 "Day 7: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m." (co-writer; with Alex Gansa)
• 7x08 "Day 7: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m." (story)
• 7x09 "Day 7: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m." (writer)
• 7x15 "Day 7: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m." (story)
• 7x19 "Day 7: 2:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m." (writer)
• 7x23 "Day 7: 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m." (co-writer; with Alex Gansa)
• 8x03 "Day 8: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m." (co-writer; with Alex Gansa)
• 8x08 "Day 8: 11:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m." (writer)
• 8x11 "Day 8: 2:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m." (co-writer; with Evan Katz)
• 8x17 "Day 8: 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m." (writer)
• 8x22 "Day 8: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m." (writer)

Terra Nova

Brannon Braga brought Fury onboard as a co-executive producer for the 2011 series Terra Nova. Fury left the show during pre-production in September 2010 due to creative differences.

Fringe

In Spring 2011, Fury joined the FOX science-fiction horror series Fringe for its fourth season as a writer and co-executive producer. Episodes he has written include:

• "Alone in the World" (04.03)
• "Back to Where You've Never Been" (04.08) (co-written by co-producer Graham Roland)

See also

• Mutant Enemy Productions

External links

• David Fury at the Internet Movie Database
• DavidFury.net - "official" fan site.
• PopGurls.com - PopGurls Interview: David Fury
• Mr. Media - David Fury interview