David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

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David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
Born	David Leslie Johnson Mansfield, Ohio
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Ohio State University
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, television writer, television producer, film producer

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (né Johnson) is an American screenwriter and producer of film and television.

Early life

Johnson began writing plays in the second grade and wrote his first screenplay at age nineteen after graduating from Lexington High School in Lexington, Ohio. He attended Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Photography and Cinema.

Career

Johnson began his career as a production assistant on Frank Darabont's The Shawshank Redemption, which was filmed on location in Johnson's hometown of Mansfield, Ohio, at the historic Mansfield Reformatory, where Johnson's great-grandfather had been a prison guard. Johnson spent the next five years as Darabont's assistant, using the opportunity to hone his craft as a screenwriter. He wrote at least two scripts for the cancelled Return of the Thing, a four-hour sequel mini-series to John Carpenter's 1982 cult classic The Thing. The project was ultimately cancelled for unknown reasons. He would further work with Darabont on his television series The Walking Dead and Mob City.

Johnson has collaborated several times with filmmaker James Wan, contributing entries in The Conjuring franchise, dramatizations of the real-life cases of Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators, as well as the DC Comics film Aquaman and its upcoming sequel. He is also set to write a sequel to The Flash.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
		Writer	Producer	Other
1994	The Shawshank Redemption	No	No	Yes	Production assistant
1999	The Green Mile	No	No	Yes	Assistant to Frank Darabont
2009	Orphan	Yes	No	No	Wrote the screenplay based on a story by Alex Mace
2011	Red Riding Hood	Yes	No	No
2012	Wrath of the Titans	Yes	No	No	Co-wrote with Dan Mazeau and Greg Berlanti
2016	The Conjuring 2	Yes	No	No	Co-wrote with Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes and James Wan
2018	Aquaman	Yes	No	No	Co-wrote with Will Beall
2021	The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It	Yes	No	No	Co-wrote with James Wan
	Till Death	No	Yes	No
2022	Orphan: First Kill	Story	Executive	No	Co-wrote with Alex Mace
2023	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom	Yes	No	No	Co-wrote with James Wan, Jason Momoa and Thomas Pa'a Sibbett
TBA	The Conjuring 4	Yes	No	No	In development

Television

Year	Title	Credited as		Notes
		Writer	Producer
2011–2022	The Walking Dead	Yes	Consulting	Wrote 14 episodes Consulting producer on 32 episodes
2013	Mob City	Yes	No	2 episodes

External links

• David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick at IMDb