David Swift

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-07-27 (82 years old)

Deathday

2001-12-31

Place of Birth

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

David Swift

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David "Dave" Swift (July 27, 1919 – December 31, 2001) was an American screenwriter, animator, director, and producer. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the 1967 film How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Swift also worked as an animator and filmmaker at The Walt Disney Studios where he adapted the story of Pollyanna for the screen and wrote and directed The Parent Trap (1961).

Acting

1967

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

2002

Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece

as Self - Director / Writer

1979

Gossip from the Forest

as General Groener

1960

Pollyanna

as Fireman (Uncredited)

1964

Good Neighbor Sam

as TV Director (uncredited)

1964

Hamlet at Elsinore

as Player King

Production

1964

1964

1964

Good Neighbor Sam

as Screenplay

1960

Pollyanna

as Screenplay

1960

Pollyanna

as Director

1998

The Parent Trap

as Screenplay

1977

Candleshoe

as Screenplay

1941

The Nifty Nineties

as Animation

1961

The Parent Trap

as Director

1985

1962

The Interns

as Director

1963

1963

1965

1961

The Parent Trap

as Screenplay

1958

No Time at All

as Screenplay

1958

No Time at All

as Director

1980

1962

The Interns

as Writer

1963

Love Is a Ball

as Director

1963

Love Is a Ball

as Screenplay

1948

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