David Duncan (February 17, 1913 – December 26, 1999) was an American

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

and

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...

Biography

He began writing professionally at the age of 33 after about ten years in government. His screenwriting career began in 1953 with the release of his first film and

Paramount Paramount (from the word ''paramount'' meaning "above all others") may refer to: Entertainment and music companies * Paramount Global, also known simply as Paramount, an American mass media company formerly known as ViacomCBS. **Paramount Picture ...

's first

3-D film 3D films are motion pictures made to give an illusion of Three-dimensional space, three-dimensional solidity, usually with the help of Stereoscopy#3D viewers, special glasses worn by viewers. 3D films were prominently featured in the 1950s in Amer ...

, '' Sangaree''. Duncan is remembered for his work in science fiction such as the films '' Monster on the Campus'' (1958), ''

The Time Machine ''The Time Machine'' is an 1895 dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction novella by H. G. Wells about a Victorian scientist known as the Time Traveller who travels to the year 802,701. The work is generally credited with the popularizati ...

'' (1960) and ''

Fantastic Voyage ''Fantastic Voyage'' is a 1966 American science fiction adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Harry Kleiner, based on a story by Otto Klement and Jerome Bixby. The film is about a submarine crew who is shrunk to microsco ...

'' (1966). He was credited with writing the English narrative for ''

Rodan is a fictional monster, or ''kaiju'', which first appeared as the title character in Ishirō Honda's 1956 film of the same name, produced and distributed by Toho. Following its debut standalone appearance, Rodan went on to be featured in numer ...

'' (1956). He also wrote for many television series such as ''

National Velvet ''National Velvet'' is a novel by Enid Bagnold (1889–1981), first published in 1935. It was illustrated by Laurian Jones, Bagnold's daughter, who was born in 1921. The novel tells the story of a teenaged girl who wins a horse racing compet ...

'' (1960), ''

The Outer Limits ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...

'' (" The Human Factor", 1963), and ''

Daniel Boone Daniel Boone (, 1734September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyo ...

'' (1964-70). His science fiction novels include ''Dark Dominion'' (1954), ''Beyond Eden'' (1955), and ''Occam's Razor'' (1957). He also wrote six novels outside the genre. Duncan wrote '' Time Machine: The Journey Back'' a 48 minute

PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educat ...

documentary and mini-sequel to

George Pal George Pal (born György Pál Marczincsak; ; February 1, 1908 – May 2, 1980) was a Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer, principally associated with the fantasy and science-fiction genres. He became an American citizen after ...

's 1960 movie ''The Time Machine''.

Works

Novels

* ''Remember the Shadows'' (1944) * ''The Shade of Time'' (1946) * ''The Bramble Bush'' (1948) * ''The Madrone Tree'' (1950) * ''None But My Foe'' (1950) *''The Serpent's Egg'' (1950) * ''Wives and Husbands'' (1952) * ''Dark Dominion'' (1954) * ''Beyond Eden (aka Another Tree in Eden) '' (1955) * ''The Trumpet of God'' (1956) * ''Occam's Razor'' (1957) * ''Yes, My Darling Daughters'' (1959) * ''The Long Walk Home from Town'' (1964)

Short stories

*
The Immortals
''Galaxy'', October 1960

Films

*''Sangaree'' (1953) *''The White Orchid'' (1954) *''The Black Scorpion'' (1957) *''Monster on the Campus'' (1958) *'' The Thing That Couldn't Die'' (1958) *''

The Leech Woman ''The Leech Woman'' is a 1960 black-and-white American horror film directed by Edward Dein, produced by Joseph Gershenon, and starring Coleen Gray, Grant Williams, Gloria Talbott and Phillip Terry. The plot follows a middle-aged American wo ...

'' (1960) *''The Time Machine'' (1960)

Television

*''Men into Space'' (7 episodes) *''My Three Sons'' (5 episodes) *''The Outer Limits'' (1 episode) *''The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (4 episodes) *''Daniel Boone'' (21 episodes)

References

External links

* * 1913 births 1999 deaths 20th-century American novelists American science fiction writers American male screenwriters American television writers American male television writers 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-screen-writer-1910s-stub