David T. Friendly

Birth Name:

David T. Friendly

Birth Place:

Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession

Producer, Director, Writer

Is a 1978 graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism
Is the son of the late Fred W․ Friendly, the former president of CBS News
Was a staff writer at Newsweek before making it big in the film industry
Quote: "There's an old expression that in pre-production, the producer holds the gun․ And on the first day of production, he hands the gun to the director․ I live by that rule․"
Along with fellow producer Marc Turtletaub, established Deep River Productions in 2000
Began his career in film production after meeting legendary filmmakers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer
Has worked alongside the likes of Denzel Washington, Jack Lemmon, Sylvester Stallone, Meg Ryan and Eddie Murphy

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