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David Giler
Writer 1943 - 2020

David Giler

New York City, New York

David Giler (July 23, 1943 – December 19, 2020) was an American filmmaker who has been active in the motion picture industry since the early 1960s. He started his career as a writer, providing scripts for television programs such as Kraft Suspense Theatre and The Man from... Read full bio →

Filmography

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8 titles
Undisputed

Undisputed

Walter Hill 2002 1h 36m 6.2

When heavyweight champion George "Iceman" Chambers lands in prison, the resident gangster arranges a boxing match with the reigning prison champ.

Alien³

Alien³

David Fincher 1992 1h 54m 7.2

Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.

The Money Pit

The Money Pit

Richard Benjamin 1986 1h 31m 6.3

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare.

Aliens

Aliens

James Cameron 1986 2h 17m 8.4

Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.

Southern Comfort

Southern Comfort

Walter Hill 1981 1h 46m 7.9

A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.

Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane

Ted Kotcheff 1977 1h 35m 6.5
The Parallax View

The Parallax View

Alan J. Pakula 1974 1h 42m 6.8

The story concerns a reporter's dangerous investigation into an obscure organization, the Parallax Corporation, whose primary, but not ostensible, enterprise is political assassination.

Myra Breckinridge

Myra Breckinridge

Michael Sarne 1970 1h 34m 4.0

Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra a job in his acting school. There, Myra meets aspiring actor Rusty and his girlfriend, Mary Ann.

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