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David was born on October 16, 1949 in West Los Angeles, California and lived a normal, middleclass childhood. Looking back David has commented that some part of him always knew he would be a writer. Throughout life he would draw inspiration from reading books and watching old movies. At California's University of the Redlands he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama, English, and Education. He broke into the entertainment industry as Jeff Bridge's stand-in. However it was directing and producing that would become his passions. For over twenty years now David has been a screenwriter, producer, and director. He wrote for numerousÓ5evision series including Wonder Years, Shannon's Deal, Doogie Howser, M.D., and the The X Files. On the large screen he scripted several movies including American Dreamer, Class, Rude Awakening, and Secret Admirer which he also directed. However David truly became known after he co-created and produced the intriguing television series Profit. Fox noticed David's work and offered him a position on their new "little project". Thus David became involved with the mega-series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. For the first three seasons he wrote and directed numerous episodes. As co-executive producer he worked hand in hand with Joss Whedon every day. David was one of many people who never hesitated to bestow the title of "genius" upon Joss. Together they sculpted Fox's "little project" into a hugely successful television phenomenon. David had originally planned to continue working on The X Files after Buffy. However, he never expected to fall in love with the show. He was drawn to it because of it's depth. The show was willing to go into the shadows and explore ideas that were not common. In the fall of 1999, David accepted the position of Executive Producer on Joss' new brainchild, ANGEL. With ANGEL David was presented with a clean slate and a chance to once again create something great. While faced with many more responsibilities, David never forgets to include Joss, especially when breaking stories. Out of directing, producing, and writing, David has made it known that he likes writing the best. He enjoys understanding the characters, creating story arcs, and laying everything out. On ANGEL David does, in essence, more and less writing. Recently he does a lot of re-writing. His latest on-set work was directing the Season Two finale "There's No Place like Plrtz Glrb." Under his direction ANGEL has flourished over two incredible seasons. David has been a massive contributor to the successes of Buffy and ANGEL. Alongside Joss, David has devoted all of his creative energy into making two of the best shows on television and we can expect him to continually produce work of the highest quality. At the end of Season 3, David departed the series to executive produce the critically acclaimed spiritual drama, Miracles, on ABC. Unfortunately, Miracles was cancelled but David quickly moved on to showrun and executive produce the UPN spy-drama, Jake 2.0. That series is currently on hiatus but David plans to return to screenwriting and television development in 2004. David also continues as a consulting producer on Angel.
David Greenwalt
Executive Producer of ANGEL
At the end of every ANGEL episode the words "Executive Producer David Greenwalt" appear. Yet surprisingly little is known about Joss Whedon's counterpart. Humble and soft spoken, David has stayed out of the spotlight, letting his work shine rather than his name. However, he has a rich, two-decade long history of writing, producing, and directing.