David S. GoyerFilmography

Occupation:: Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screen Story, Screenwriter
Biography:: Filmmaker David S. Goyer is a master of the dark, brooding brand of off-kilter sci-fi that defined the 1990s before spilling over into the new millennium with such efforts as Blade II. Starting out as a screenwriter, Goyer showed a remarkable talent for bringing comic-book characters to life on...Read More

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X-Men Origins: Magneto

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Batman Begins screenwriter David S. Goyer directs this X-Men spin-off exploring the origins of the formidable Marvel super-villain who was once liberated from Auschwitz by future mutant leader Charles Xavier. Ushered along with his parents into the most notorious concentration camp of the Nazi Read More

1/1/11
Y: The Last Man

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Vertigo Comics' heralded comic book Y: The Last Man is headed to the big screen from Disturbia's production team of director D.J. Caruso and writer Carl Ellsworth for New Line Cinema. The plot features a lone male survivor in a world where all the male mammals are wiped out by a plague. ~ Jeremy Read More

1/1/11
Scanners

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Saw franchise mainstay Darren Lynn Bousman directs this remake of the David Cronenberg classic concerning an underground group of telekinetic "scanners" who plot to take over the world. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

1/1/11
Green Arrow

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Director/screenwriter/producer David Goyer teams with scribe Justin Marks for this unique take on the superhero genre that finds the Green Arrow stripped of his formidable powers and placed in a prison alongside the very same criminals he helped to put there. When his true identity is revealed to Read More

1/1/11
The Unforgettable

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: A cop involved in a murder investigation is awakened to the truth of a secret war involving an alien race that he finds himself to be a part of in The Unforgettable, a Warner Bros. Pictures adaptation of the video game Condemned: Criminal Origins. Helming is to be handled by The Cell's Tarsem Singh Read More

1/1/11
The Invisible Man

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Conceived as a cinematic sequel to author H.G. Wells' landmark science fiction tale, director/screenwriter David Goyer's film follows the British nephew of the original Invisible Man as he discovers his uncle's top-secret invisibility formula and is recruited by British intelligence agency MI5 to Read More

2010
Baltimore, or the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A battlefield turns even deadlier when a vampire bat spurs a plague of bloodthirsty undead that only one man and his trusted team of warriors can combat in this big-screen translation of the novel by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and co-writer Christopher Golden. David Goyer (Blade: Trinity) Read More

1/1/10
The Unborn

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet, Meagan Good, James Remar

Synopsis: Blade II and Batman Begins scribe David S. Goyer writes and directs this supernatural thriller about a 19-year-old girl (Odette Yustman) haunted by a "dybbuk" (a malevolent wandering soul of Jewish folklore) that was once a young boy ruthlessly slaughtered in Auschwitz. Casey Beldon (Yustman) was Read More

1/9/09
The Dark Knight

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman

Synopsis: Christopher Nolan steps back into the director's chair for this sequel to Batman Begins, which finds the titular superhero coming face to face with his greatest nemesis -- the dreaded Joker. Christian Bale returns to the role of Batman, Maggie Gyllenhaal takes over the role of Rachel Dawes (played Read More

7/18/08
Jumper

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson, Diane Lane

Synopsis: Following up his blockbuster action hit Mr. and Mrs. Smith, director Doug Liman turns to an entirely new genre -- sci-fi -- for this tale of an underground world of teleporters. Based on the novel by Steven Gould, Jumper concerns David (Hayden Christensen), a young man who quite literally wills Read More

2/14/08
Batman: Gotham Knight

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Kevin Conroy, Gary Dourdan, David McCallum, Parminder Nagra, Ana Ortiz

Synopsis: The producers of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight team with some of the most respected anime artists in Japan to explore Bruce Wayne's transition from tormented crime fighter to heroic icon of a crumbling metropolis. Separated into six distinct chapters but intended to be viewed as a whole, this Read More

2008
The Invisible

Crew: Director

Actors: Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher Marquette, Alex O'Loughlin

Synopsis: A severely beaten teenager, trapped in a walking purgatory between life and death, must help authorities to the location of his broken body before it's too late in this remake of the 2002 Swedish thriller Den Osynlige. Graduating senior Nick Powell (Justin Chatwin) has plans to attend a Read More

4/27/07
Ghost Rider

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley, Sam Elliott

Synopsis: When a motorcycle-riding stuntman offers his soul to Mephistopheles in order to save the life of the one he loves most, he is forced to play host to a powerful supernatural entity whose flaming skull visage strikes fear into the heart of his enemies in this feature-film version of the long-running Read More

2/16/07
Bloodsucking Cinema

Actors: John Carpenter, Len Wiseman, Joel Schumacher, Kristanna Loken, Stuart Townsend

Synopsis: Everyone loves a good, two-fanged fright flick, and from the silent screen to the 21st Century, vampire films have drawn moviegoers to theaters in droves. Much like the immortal monsters that stalk the night in search of precious blood, it seems that our fascination with these strange and Read More

2007
The Dialogue: Learning From the Masters - David Goyer

Actors: David S. Goyer

Synopsis: The Dialogue: Learning From the Masters -- David Goyer features an interview with the screenwriter responsible for such films as Dark City, Blade, and Batman Begins. He discusses various aspects of his craft. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

2006
Blade: The Series [TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Kirk "Sticky" Jones, Jill Wagner, Neil Jackson, Nelson Lee, Jessica Gower

Synopsis: The weekly, 60-minute Blade: The Series was inspired by the popular Blade action-movie trilogy, which in turn was based on a Marvel Comics character introduced in the 1970s. Rap star Sticky Fingaz, billed under his (sort of) real name, Kirk "Sticky" Jones, starred as Blade, a half-human Read More

2006
Batman Begins

Crew: Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: Christian Bale, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman

Synopsis: The origins of the Caped Crusader of Gotham City are finally brought to the big screen in this new adaptation of the perennially popular comic-book series. The young Bruce Wayne (Gus Lewis) leads a privileged life as the son of wealthy, philanthropist parents, both of whom stress their commitment Read More

6/15/05
Threshold: Trees Made of Glass, Part 2

Crew: Screenwriter

2005
Threshold [TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Carla Gugino, Brian Van Holt, Brent Spiner, Rob Benedict, Peter Dinklage

Synopsis: CBS' spin on ABC's Lost for the 2005-2006 TV season was the weekly, hour-long sci-fi effort Threshold. The crash-landing of an alien spacecraft in the Atlantic Ocean prompted the government to engage the services of a crack team of specialists, who were obliged to investigate the incident and Read More

2005
Threshold: Trees Made of Glass, Part 1

Crew: Director

2005
Blade: Trinity

Crew: Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Steve Braun, Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds, Parker Posey

Synopsis: Wesley Snipes returns as legendary vampire hunter Blade in this, the third film inspired by the popular Marvel Comics character. A fearless warrior immune to vampires, Blade (Snipes) has become a hated enemy of the bloodsucking community, and as they gather in their desert compound, a group of Read More

12/8/04
Freddy Vs. Jason

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena, Jason Ritter, Kelly Rowland

Synopsis: Rumored and anticipated for years, the two biggest icons of the slasher genre finally meet in Freddy Vs. Jason, the eighth entry in the Nightmare on Elm Street saga and the 11th film in the Friday the 13th series, though with Jason X taking place in the future, it should be noted that the events Read More

8/15/03
Blade II

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, Leonor Varela

Synopsis: Four years after scoring a box-office touchdown with Blade (1998), actor Wesley Snipes returns to portray the Marvel Comics character again in this sequel that teams him with Mexican horror director Guillermo del Toro. A half-vampire, half-human hybrid, Blade (Snipes) is a merciless vampire hunter Read More

3/22/02
Zigzag

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Sam Jones III, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt, Natasha Lyonne, Wesley Snipes

Synopsis: Zigzag is the directorial debut of screenwriter David S. Goyer (Blade, Blade 2). Based on the well-received debut novel by Landon J. Napoleon, the film tells the story of an autistic teenager, Louis "Zigzag" Fletcher (Sam Jones III). Zigzag is a sensitive and thoughtful boy who retreats into his Read More

2001
Mission to Mars

Crew: Co-producer

Actors: Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen, Jerry O'Connell

Synopsis: Brian De Palma directed this science-fiction suspense story. When the United States sends its first manned mission to Mars, hopes are high for new scientific discoveries, but many of those hopes are dashed when the Mars crew meets an unexplained disaster; three members of the mission are killed Read More

3/10/00
Freakylinks

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Ethan Embry, Lisa Sheridan, Dennis Christopher

2000
Nick Fury: Agent of Shield

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: David Hasselhoff, Lisa Rinna, Sandra Hess, Neil Roberts, Garry Chalk

Synopsis: Based on the popular Marvel Comics franchise, the made-for-TV Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD stars David Hasselhoff in the title role. Having retired from active duty upon the end of the Cold War, war veteran and secret agent Col. Nick Fury squirrels himself away in his Yukon retreat. Meanwhile, enemy Read More

1998
Blade

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright, Donal Logue

Synopsis: British director Stephen Norrington helmed this David S. Goyer adaptation of the Marvel Comics character created in 1973 by scripter Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan. In the Tomb of Dracula comic book origin, just before Blade's mother gave birth to Blade, she was bitten by a vampire, which made Read More

1998
Dark City

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Richard O'Brien

Synopsis: Alex Proyas (The Crow) directed this noir-styled futuristic thriller, scripted by Proyas, Lem Dobbs (Kafka), and David S. Goyer (The Puppet Masters). Separated from his wife Emma (Jennifer Connelly), amnesiac John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) awakens alone in a strange hotel to learn he is wanted for a Read More

1998
Sleepwalkers

Crew: Executive Producer, Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: Abraham Benrubi, Bruce Greenwood, Kathrin Nicholson, Jeffrey D. Sams, Naomi Watts

1997
The Crow: City of Angels

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner, Richard Brooks, Iggy Pop, Thomas Jane

Synopsis: It is said that when a man dies wrongfully, a crow may bring him back to life to seek vengeance upon his killer. Like the first Crow, this revenge saga is set in a fantastical urban nightmare and is based upon the dark comic book stories of artist James O. Barr. The first film was set in a Read More

1996
On Deadly Ground

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Joan Chen, John C. McGinley, R. Lee Ermey

Synopsis: Jennings (Michael Caine), a corrupt company owner will stop at nothing to open a new refinery in Alaska. Forrest Taft (Steven Seagal), a disgruntled former employee is chosen by an Eskimo chief as savior of his people. Forrest's mission is to prevent the new refinery from beginning work before Read More

1994
The Puppet Masters

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner, Keith David, Will Patton

Synopsis: Robert A. Heinlein's 1951 novel The Puppet Masters comes to the screen 43 years later. Sharp-eyed viewers will recognize similarities to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but Heinlein's book came first. Parasitic space aliens invade the Midwest, taking over the bodies of humans and manipulating Read More

1994
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

Crew: Associate Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Sasha Mitchell, Peter Boyle, Dennis Chan, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, John Diehl

Synopsis: This sequel to the popular Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle centers on the exploits of David Sloan (Sasha Mitchell) the younger brother of the two fighters (Van Damme and Dennis Alexio) who died in the first installment. As this episode begins, David has given up competition and is running a Read More

6/14/91
Demonic Toys

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Tracy Scoggins

Synopsis: An early, derivative effort from Charles Band's incredibly prolific direct-to-video outfit Full Moon Productions, this is an undercooked stew of a dozen horror plots, particularly Child's Play and Night of the Living Dead. A tough lady-cop (Tracy Scoggins) is forced to curtail her task of Read More

1991
Death Warrant

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb, George Dickerson, Art La Fleur, Patrick Kilpatrick

Synopsis: Canadian Mountie Louis Burke (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is assigned to a bizarre case where prison inmates are being murdered. Sent to the jail to investigate while undercover as a prisoner, Burke is hot on the trail until one of his former busts, the Sandman (Patrick Kilpatrick), is transferred to Read More

9/14/90

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