Auteur

David S. Goyer

Born 1965 · American filmmaker, novelist, and comic book writer

David Samuel Goyer is an American filmmaker, novelist, and comic book writer. He is best known for writing the screenplays and stories for several superhero films, including Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998), the Blade trilogy (1998–2004), Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012), Man of Steel (2013), and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). He has also directed four films: Zig Zag (2002), Blade: Trinity (2004), The Invisible (2007), and The Unborn (2009). He is the creator of the science fiction television series Foundation, which is loosely based upon the Foundation series written by Isaac Asimov.

David S. Goyer, in order

  1. 1990 Death Warrant: wrote · directed by Deran Sarafian · critics 11%, audiences 35% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Plex
  2. 1991 Kickboxer 2: wrote, produced · directed by Albert Pyun
  3. 1992 Demonic Toys: wrote · directed by Peter Manoogian
  4. 1993 Arcade: wrote · directed by Albert Pyun
  5. 1993 Dollman vs. Demonic Toys: wrote · directed by Charles Band
  6. 1993 The Substitute (TV movie): wrote · directed by Martin Donovan
  7. 1994 The Puppet Masters: wrote · directed by Stuart Orme
  8. 1996 The Crow: City of Angels: wrote · directed by Tim Pope
  9. 1997 Sleepwalkers (TV series): created
  10. 1998 Blade: wrote · directed by Stephen Norrington
  11. 1998 Dark City: wrote · directed by Alex Proyas · critics 78%, audiences 85% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Plex
  12. 1998 Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV movie): wrote · directed by Rod Hardy
  13. 2000 Mission to Mars: produced · directed by Brian De Palma · critics 25%, audiences 30% · streaming on fuboTV
  14. 2002 Blade II: wrote · directed by Guillermo del Toro
  15. 2002 Zig Zag: directed, wrote
  16. 2004 Blade: Trinity: directed, wrote, produced
  17. 2004 Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys (TV movie): wrote · directed by Ted Nicolaou
  18. 2005 Batman Begins: wrote · directed by Christopher Nolan · critics 85%, audiences 94% · streaming on HBO Max
  19. 2006 Blade: The Series (TV series): wrote, created
  20. 2007 Ghost Rider: produced · directed by Mark Steven Johnson · critics 28%, audiences 48% · streaming on Fandango at Home (free), Starz
  21. 2007 The Invisible: directed
  22. 2008 Batman: Gotham Knight: wrote · directed by Bruce Timm
  23. 2008 Jumper: wrote · directed by Doug Liman · critics 15%, audiences 44%
  24. 2008 The Dark Knight: wrote · directed by Christopher Nolan · critics 94%, audiences 94% · streaming on HBO Max
  25. 2009 FlashForward (TV series): directed, wrote
  26. 2009 The Unborn: directed, wrote
  27. 2012 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance: wrote · directed by Brian Taylor and Mark Neveldine · critics 18%, audiences 31% · streaming on YouTube (free)
  28. 2012 The Dark Knight Rises: wrote · directed by Christopher Nolan · critics 87%, audiences 90% · streaming on HBO Max
  29. 2013–14 Da Vinci's Demons (TV series): directed, wrote, created, produced
  30. 2013 Man of Steel: wrote · directed by Zack Snyder · critics 57%, audiences 75% · streaming on HBO Max
  31. 2014–15 Constantine (TV series): wrote, produced
  32. 2014 Godzilla: wrote · directed by Gareth Edwards · critics 76%, audiences 66% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
  33. 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: wrote · directed by Zack Snyder · critics 28%, audiences 63% · streaming on HBO Max
  34. 2016 The Forest: produced · directed by Jason Zada
  35. 2018 A.X.L.: produced · directed by Oliver Daly
  36. 2018 Assassination Nation: produced · directed by Sam Levinson
  37. 2018 Krypton (TV series): wrote, created · directed by Ciaran Donnelly and Colm McCarthy
  38. 2019 Terminator: Dark Fate: wrote · directed by Tim Miller · critics 70%, audiences 82% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
  39. 2020–24 Call of Duty (TV series): wrote
  40. 2020 The Night House: produced · directed by David Bruckner
  41. 2021 Antlers: produced · directed by Scott Cooper
  42. 2021 The Tomorrow War: produced · directed by Chris McKay
  43. 2022 Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (TV series): wrote · critics 93%, audiences 72% · streaming on Netflix
  44. 2022 Hellraiser: wrote · directed by David Bruckner
  45. 2023 Foundation (TV series): directed, wrote, created
  46. 2024 The First Omen: produced · directed by Arkasha Stevenson