#173: David H Steinberg - Delusionally Optimistic

DAVID H. STEINBERG (writer, producer, director) entered Yale at
age sixteen and earned his law degree from Duke before abandoning
his legal career to attend USC’s Peter Stark Producing program.
Steinberg’s first spec sale Slackers became a cult classic movie
and he has had ten films produced, including three in the
American Pie franchise, the DreamWorks animated feature Puss in
Boots, and Disney’s Tinker Bell and the Pixie Hollow Games.

As a director, Steinberg wrote and directed the award-winning
short film, “The Babysitter,” starring Academy Award-winner Brie
Larson, and made his feature directorial debut on the romantic
comedy Miss Dial.

In television, Steinberg was nominated for a WGA Award for his
work on The Simpsons, and he has written for a variety of
animated and live-action series. He was the Executive Producer
and Showrunner of No Good Nick, an original series streaming
worldwide on Netflix, and currently has another show in
development at Netflix, as well as films at Disney and DreamWorks
Animation. 


We chat about breaking into the business, killing your screen
writing babies, being fired, working with his wife, becoming a
show runner, giving back, being delusionally optimistic,
collaboration, disappointments and expectations.
The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well (one day
after release)! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan



Check David out on:


Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidHSteinberg

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidhsteinberg/

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