David Shaber

David Shaber
Born	January 1, 1929(1929-01-01) Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died	November 4, 1999(1999-11-04) (aged 70) New York City, New York, United States
Occupation	Screenwriter Theatre producer
Years active	1964–1991

David Shaber (1929 - November 4, 1999) was an American screenwriter and theatre producer, best known for writing The Warriors, Nighthawks and The Hunt for Red October

Shaber was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and abandoned a pre-med education for the Yale Drama School. He wrote and produced plays, and also wrote forty commissioned screenplays, eight of which were made into feature films, in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 1990s, he taught advanced screenwriting at Columbia University in New York City.

Shaber has two daughters, Remy Shaber (dancer) and Sam Shaber.

He died of an aneurysm on November 4, 1999, aged 70.

External links

• David Shaber at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Shaber, David
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Date of birth	January 1, 1929
Place of birth	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Date of death	November 4, 1999
Place of death	New York City, New York, United States