David Swift
Profile info
Known forWriting
GenderMale
Birthday27 July 1919
Died31 December 2001 (age 82)
Place of birthMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Known credits46
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).
Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece
2002 · Self - Director / Writer
Recreating Pollyanna's America
2002 · Self
The Parent Trap
1998 · Screenplay
The Storyteller
1988 · King
The Hugga Bunch
1985 · Writer
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981 · Professor Lindemann
Foolin' Around
1980 · Writer
Gossip from the Forest
1979 · General Groener
$weepstake$
1979 · Director
Candleshoe
1977 · Screenplay
The Love Boat
1977 · Writer
Eight Is Enough
1977 · Director
Barney Miller
1975 · Director
Arnie
1970 · Writer
Arnie
1970 · Director
Arnie
1970 · Creator
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967 · Elevator Operator (uncredited)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967 · Director
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967 · Writer
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967 · Producer
Camp Runamuck
1965 · Writer
Camp Runamuck
1965 · Director
Camp Runamuck
1965 · Executive Producer
Camp Runamuck
1965 · Creator
Şeker Gibi Kızlar
1965 · Writer
Good Neighbor Sam
1964 · TV Director (uncredited)
Good Neighbor Sam
1964 · Producer
Good Neighbor Sam
1964 · Screenplay
Good Neighbor Sam
1964 · Director
Hamlet at Elsinore
1964 · Player King
Under the Yum Yum Tree
1963 · Director
Under the Yum Yum Tree
1963 · Screenplay
Grindl
1963 · Creator
Love is a Ball
1963 · Screenplay
Love is a Ball
1963 · Director
The Interns
1962 · Director
The Interns
1962 · Writer
The Parent Trap
1961 · Director
The Parent Trap
1961 · Screenplay
Pollyanna
1960 · Fireman (Uncredited)
Pollyanna
1960 · Director
Pollyanna
1960 · Screenplay
The Third Man
1959 · Story
The Third Man
1959 · Teleplay
Rawhide
1959 · Writer
The Rifleman
1958 · Director
The Rifleman
1958 · Writer
No Time at All
1958 · Screenplay
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