David Swift

David Swift

7/27/1919 – 12/31/2001Minneapolis, 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).

Filmography (11 titles)

Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece8.0Movie

Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece

Self - Director / Writer · 2002

Recreating Pollyanna's AmericaMovie

Recreating Pollyanna's America

Self · 2002

The Storyteller8.2Show

The Storyteller

King · 1988

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years6.3Show

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Professor Lindemann · 1981

Gossip from the Forest7.0Movie

Gossip from the Forest

General Groener · 1979

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying6.7Movie

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Elevator Operator (uncredited) · 1967

Good Neighbor Sam6.6Movie

Good Neighbor Sam

TV Director (uncredited) · 1964

Hamlet at Elsinore7.8Movie

Hamlet at Elsinore

Player King · 1964

Pollyanna7.0Movie

Pollyanna

Fireman (Uncredited) · 1960

The Wonderful World of Disney7.9Show

The Wonderful World of Disney

Fireman (uncredited) · 1954

The Philco Television Playhouse6.6Show

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948