David Paul Kirkpatrick is the former Walt Disney Studios production chief and also the former president of Paramount Pictures. He’s worked on more than 200 motion pictures and their screenplays, including such global franchises as Indiana Jones and Star Trek.

David has guided countless adaptations of books and plays to movies including Forrest Gump, The Elephant Man, Ordinary People, and Terms of Endearment. He also won an Emmy and Golden Globe for his HBO production of Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny.

David’s authored several books, including: The Address of Happiness, Breakfast in the Temple, and The Dog. I’ve read The Address of Happiness and can tell you it’s a deeply moving story of two souls who repeatedly find themselves through both time and space. I highly recommend The Address of Happiness to you.

A believer in giving back, David wants to inspire and equip the writers of tomorrow. He believes fiction is an underutilized tool that can help build a better world. As such, he founded Story Summit, which has a mission to build community and connection among students and faculty while delivering world-class instruction in the art and craft of writing.

https://www.storysummit.us/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kirkpatrick_(producer)

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