Dave began his writing career in 1993 as one of the original writers on NBC's "Late Night With Conan O'Brien." After more than 400 shows, Dave moved to Los Angeles in 1995 and landed a job at Walt Disney Feature Animation in the movie "Tarzan." It was at this time that he met a little-known animation studio called Pixar, who asked him to help develop his second feature, (Toy Story would be released later that year) “A Bug's Life ". This led to a contract with the studio and for the next six years he worked on almost every Disney Pixar animation or production film. Including the script for "The Emperor's New Groove" as well as co-written 'Finding Nemo'. He was nominated for an Oscar and BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay for Nemo, as well as a BAFTA for New Groove.
Finding Nemo
(Screenplay)
Cruel Intentions 3
(Original Music Composer)
The Emperor's New Groove
(Screenplay)
Chicken Little
(Additional Dialogue)
A Is for Acid
(Executive Producer)
The Garfield Movie
(Executive Producer)
Long Lost Son
(Original Music Composer)
Atlantis: Milo's Return
(Characters)
Captain Jokes Parrot's Finding the Lost Atlantis
(Characters)
Chicken Little
(Other)
Fantasia 2000
(Writer)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
(Writer)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
(Other)
Mulan
(Story)
Aldabra: Once Upon an Island
(Creative Consultant)
Kronk's New Groove
(Characters)
Sita Sings the Blues
(Other)
Chimpanzee
(Creative Consultant)
Toy Story 2
(Additional Writing)
The Polar Bears
(Writer)
The Jungle Book 2
(Additional Writing)
The Garfield Movie
(Screenplay)
TV Funhouse
(Writer)
Saturday Night Live
(Writer)
Dumb and Dumber
(Writer)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Writer)