David Swift
July 27, 1919 (105 years old) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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).
Known For
Credits
- 2002 · Recreating Pollyanna's America as Self
- 2002 · Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece as Self - Director / Writer
- 1981 · Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years as Professor Lindemann
- 1979 · Gossip from the Forest as General Groener
- 1972 · War & Peace as
- 1967 · How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- 1964 · Good Neighbor Sam as TV Director (uncredited)
- 1964 · Hamlet at Elsinore as Player King
- 1960 · Pollyanna as Fireman (Uncredited)
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as