David Simkins is an American screenwriter and television producer. His first produced screenplay was for the film Adventures in Babysitting in 1987. He has written for and produced television shows such as Charmed, Blade: The Series, Dark Angel and Warehouse 13.
Early life and education Simkins grew up in South Bend, Indiana. He attended Clay High School, where, in 1973, he start being active in the production of the Junior Achievement-sponsored comedy series Beyond Our Control. Simkins learned the basics of television production on the series, which was broadcast locally on WNDU-TV. After graduating high school in 1977, he studied film and broadcasting at The University of Iowa, earning a bachelor's degree in 1982. Career He moved to Los Angeles, California, and got his first job at Sandy Howard Productions answering phones, and later reviewing and budgeting film scripts. Simkins told The South Bend Tribune, "That's where I learned how scripts were written … I learned how they came up with a budget." He later worked for a short period of time as a development executive for New World Pictures.
He has been an active writer and producer for television since his involvement with The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993–1994).
In 2022, Simkins was hired as coordinator and facilitator for the "Study Away: LA" program, a semester internship program for Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Film and Animation (SOFA).
Filmography
The projects that Simkins has been involved with include:
Year Title Details Role 1983 Deadly Force Film 1984 Children of the Corn Film 1987 Watching TV Series Studio vision 1987 Adventures in Babysitting Film 1993 Micky Love TV Movie Technical adviser 1993 – 1994 The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. TV Movie Producer 1993 – 1995 The Krypton Factor TV Series Technical supervisor 1995 – 1996 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman TV Series 1997 – 1998 Spy Game TV Series 1998 Mercy Point TV Series 1998 – 1999 Vengeance Unlimited TV Series 1999 – 2004 Charmed TV Series 2000 The Wonderful World of Disney TV Series 2000 – 2001 FreakyLinks TV Series 2001 Dark Angel TV Series 2001 – 2002 Roswell TV Series 2002 Angel TV Series 2006 Blade: The Series TV Series 2006 The Book of Daniel TV Series Co-executive producer 2007 The Dresden Files TV Series 2008 Alien Raiders Film Writer 2010 Warehouse 13 TV Series 2010 – 2011 Human Target TV Series 2012 Ray Bradbury's Kaleidoscope ShortCreative consultant 2012 Grimm TV Series 2014 Graceland TV Series 2015 The Lizzie Borden Chronicles TV Mini Series 2016 Powers TV Series 2016 Adventures in Babysitting TV Movie 2018 Deprivers (in development) TV Series Writer 2019 Wu Assassins TV Series
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