David Freedman (screenwriter)

David Max Freedman (born 1965) is an American writer, producer and director. He is well known as the co creator of the British animated adult comedy television series Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show! for the BBC.

Early life

Freedman was born in Plattsburgh, New York and went to The School of Visual Arts in New York City. He now lives in the UK. Freedman worked for over 9 years in a writing partnership with Alan Gilbey. They developed and co-created a few cult cartoon classics including Foxbusters, Bounty Hamster and the multi award-winning Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show! which was co-produced at Peafur Productions with Barry Baker, Ben Bowen, Baljeet Rai and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh co-creator of Phineas and Ferb.

Contributed to The Danny Baker Show for 10 episodes,^[1]

Directed Lucy Porter 3 webisodes 'Lucy Loves you' for the now defunct ComedyDemon.com, with the highest watched video, 'Sex' before the website closed^[2]

Credits

Writer

Unstable (pre-production)^[3]^[4]^[5]
When Marnie Was There - screenplay adaptation: English version^[6]
The Magic Snowflake - screenplay - dialogue
Sokator-442 - TV Movie
Bounty Hamster - co-creator with Alan Gilbey with Silver Fox Films
Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show based on an original character by Hugh MacLeod of gapingvoid.com - Co-creator with Alan Gilbey^[4]
So Many Santas - TV Short
Foxbusters - co-developer and writer for Cosgrove Hall Films
The First Snow of Winter - short - script
Rex the Runt - co-developer and co-writer with Alan Gilbey and Richard Golly Goleszowski for Aardman Animations
Dennis the Menace - writer - TV Series - three episodes: Monster Menace, Snowbound, Adventures in Dennis Sitting for Collingwood O'Hare, DC Thomson and HIT Entertainment
The Old Lady and the Pigeons - short - dialogue
The Danny Baker Show - TV Series - additional material - 10 episodes
Pirates - TV Series
Only Yesterday - English version
Ronja the Robber's Daughter - English dub^[7]

Director

Groove High - series director for Disney Channel (UK and Ireland)^[5]
King Arthur's Disasters - season 2 - series director for CITV
Ronja the Robber's Daughter - English dub^[7]

Producer

Legend of the Dragon - producer for BKN
Bounty Hamster - co-creator with Alan Gilbey with Silver Fox Films
Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show! based on an original character by Hugh MacLeod of gapingvoid.com - Co-creator with Alan Gilbey
So Many Santas - TV Short

Music composer

PJ Masks - theme music composer

Miscellaneous

Lucky Fred - voice director for Disney Channel
Bob and Margaret - script consultant: one episode for Channel 4, Comedy Central and Nelvana

References

^ Morrison, Stuart (1994-09-17). "The Danny Baker Show". Contributor. London. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
^ Morrison, Stuart (2008-11-04). "Lucy Loves You". Director. London. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
^ Peafur Productions and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh team to produce "Unstable"
^ ^a ^b ‘Mr. Hell’ Trio Reunites for ‘Unstable’ Feature
^ ^a ^b Phineas and Ferb creator gets Unstable with comedy trio
^ WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE – A (LAST?) BEAUTIFUL, TOUCHING FILM FROM STUDIO GHIBLI
^ ^a ^b "RONJA THE ROBBER'S DAUGHTER | David Freedman". www.davidfreedman.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-14.

External links

Personal Homepage
David Freedman (III) at IMDb The Internet Movie Database entry for David Max Freedman
Pitch Inc. Collaboration
Evri Profile
Toon Hound Series Listing
Cult TV Listing
Studio Ghibli - Consultant to Producer

[1] Morrison, Stuart (1994-09-17). "The Danny Baker Show". Contributor. London. Retrieved 2014-04-03.

[2] Morrison, Stuart (2008-11-04). "Lucy Loves You". Director. London. Retrieved 2014-04-03.

[3] Peafur Productions and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh team to produce "Unstable"

[amunstable-4] ‘Mr. Hell’ Trio Reunites for ‘Unstable’ Feature

[kspf-5] Phineas and Ferb creator gets Unstable with comedy trio

[6] WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE – A (LAST?) BEAUTIFUL, TOUCHING FILM FROM STUDIO GHIBLI

[:0-7] "RONJA THE ROBBER'S DAUGHTER | David Freedman". www.davidfreedman.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-14.

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