David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

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David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Ohio State University
Occupation	Screenwriter, television writer, television producer, film producer

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

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.

He 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.

Filmography

Film

Writer

• Orphan (2009)
• Red Riding Hood (2011)
• Wrath of the Titans (2012)
• The Conjuring 2 (2016)
• Aquaman (2018)
• The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
• Mice and Mystics (TBA)

Producer

Year	Title	Notes
2011	Red Riding Hood: The Tale Begins	Short film Executive Producer
2021	Till Death
TBA	Orphan: First Kill

Television

Year	Title	Writer	Producer	Notes
2011–present	The Walking Dead	Yes	Consulting	Writer: 14 episodes Consulting producer: 32 episodes
2013	Mob City	Yes	No	2 episodes

External links

• David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick at the Internet Movie Database