David James Schow was born in Marburg, Germany and was adopted by American parents then living in Middlesex, England. After publishing non-fiction book and film criticism in newspapers and magazines, his first professionally published fiction was a novelette in Galileo Magazine in 1978. He spent the next decade honing his skills in the short ...
Frank Dietz and I are the 20th Century's Big Media Babies. Our primary school was movie theaters and broadcast TV. Our high school was videotape. Our college consisted of becoming studiously obsessed keepers of the flame, preservers of the past, collectors. And our maturity, largely, has to do with finding ways to make [our] monsters recompense that diligence and faith.
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The short story is still the first, earliest, most basic, most challenging and best means of purveying fiction.
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The curse of creativity is that artists cannot pick the work that makes them immortal.
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More people will see the worst movie you ever make than read the best book you ever write. [This was dubbed "Schow's Law" by Paula Guran)
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The Internet has become karaoke for would-be writers.
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Vampires have become the Star Trek of horror.
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Fact
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One of the many screenwriters to submit a draft for the film Freddy vs. Jason (2003).
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Frequently wears black leather pants, a black leather trench coat and/or a black leather motorcycle jacket over a black shirt and vest. He made a self-referential joke by titling one of his books of short stories Black Leather Required. It is also the name of his official website.
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Coined the term "Splatterpunk" to describe the style of explicit horror fiction which he writes.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Splatterpunk!
filming
Mob City
2013
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Wake-Up Call
2010/I
Short original idea
The Hills Run Red
2009
Video teleplay
Masters of Horror
TV Series teleplay - 2 episodes, 2006 - 2007 short story - 1 episode, 2006
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006
story
Jason Vs. Leatherface
2003
Short characters
Unhasped
2003
Short story
The Hunger
TV Series story - 3 episodes, 1999 - 2000 written by - 1 episode, 1999 teleplay - 1 episode, 1997
Perversions of Science
1997
TV Series screenplay - 1 episode
The Outer Limits
TV Series excerpts - 1 episode, 1995 written by - 1 episode, 1995
The Crow
1994
screenplay
Critters 4
1992
screenplay
Critters 3
1991
screenplay
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
1990
written by
Freddy's Nightmares
1989
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The United Monster Talent Agency
2010
Short
Creature Cameraman (uncredited)
The Lost Skeleton Returns Again
2009
Cantina Bartender
My Life with Morrissey
2003
Video
Homeowner
The Shining
1997
TV Mini-Series
1st Ghost in Playhouse
The Crow
1994
Shooter #2 in Boardroom (uncredited)
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
About Science Fiction and Robots
2004
Video documentary short producer
Day Out of Days: The 'I, Robot' Production Diaries
2004
Video documentary producer
Sentient Machines: Robotic Behavior
2004
Video documentary short producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
Video documentary archival material provided by
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
2000
Video documentary short archival photographs
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fast Zombies Suck
2015
Short thanks
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
Video documentary special thanks
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
2008
Video documentary short special thanks
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
2001
TV Movie documentary the producer would like to thank - as David J Schow
The Outer Limits Phenomenon
1996
TV Special documentary thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Documentary post-production
Himself
As Timeless as Infinity: The Twilight Zone Legacy
2014
Documentary
Himself
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man
2014
Documentary
Himself
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013
Video documentary
Himself - Writer
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012
Video short
Himself
Beast Wishes
2012
Documentary
Himself
The Psycho Legacy
2010
Video documentary
Himself
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
Video documentary
Himself - Writer
Sweet Revenge: The Making of 'We All Scream for Ice Cream'
2007
Video short
Himself
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
Documentary
Himself
Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'The Green Mile'
2006
Video documentary
Himself
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
2004
Video documentary
Himself
Day Out of Days: The 'I, Robot' Production Diaries
2004
Video documentary
Himself
The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'
2003
Video documentary short
Himself
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
2000
Video documentary short
Himself
Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film