David Max Freedman (born 1965) is an American writer, producer and director. He is well known as the co creator of the British animated adult comedy television series ''
Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show!'' for the
BBC
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.
Early life
Freedman was born in
Plattsburgh,
New York and went to
The School of Visual Arts in
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
. He now lives in the UK. Freedman worked for over 9 years in a writing partnership with
Alan Gilbey. They developed and co-created a few cult cartoon classics including ''
Foxbusters'', ''
Bounty Hamster'' and the multi award-winning ''
Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show!'' which was co-produced at
Peafur Productions with Barry Baker, Ben Bowen, Baljeet Rai and
Jeff "Swampy" Marsh co-creator of ''
Phineas and Ferb''.
Contributed to ''The
Danny Baker Show'' for 10 episodes,
Directed
Lucy Porter 3 webisodes 'Lucy Loves you' for the now defunct ComedyDemon.com, with the highest watched video, 'Sex' before the website closed
Credits
Writer
* ''Unstable'' (pre-production)
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* '' When Marnie Was There'' - screenplay adaptation: English versionWHEN MARNIE WAS THERE – A (LAST?) BEAUTIFUL, TOUCHING FILM FROM STUDIO GHIBLI
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*
The Magic Snowflake
' - screenplay - dialogue
*
Sokator-442
' - TV Movie
* '' Bounty Hamster'' - co-creator with Alan Gilbey wit
Silver Fox Films
* '' Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show'' based on an original character by Hugh MacLeod of gapingvoid.com - Co-creator with Alan Gilbey
*
So Many Santas
' - TV Short
* '' Foxbusters'' - co-developer and writer for Cosgrove Hall Films
* '' The First Snow of Winter'' - short - script
* '' Rex the Runt'' - co-developer and co-writer with Alan Gilbey and Richard Golly Goleszowski for Aardman Animations
* '' Dennis the Menace'' - writer - TV Series - three episodes: Monster Menace, Snowbound, Adventures in Dennis Sitting for Collingwood O'Hare, DC Thomson and HIT Entertainment
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* '' The Old Lady and the Pigeons'' - short - dialogue
*
The Danny Baker Show
' - TV Series - additional material - 10 episodes
* '' Pirates'' - TV Series
* '' Only Yesterday'' - English version
* ''Ronja the Robber's Daughter'' - English dub
Director
* '' Groove High'' - series director for Disney Channel (UK and Ireland)
* '' King Arthur's Disasters'' - season 2 - series director for CITV
* ''Ronja the Robber's Daughter'' - English dub
Producer
* '' Legend of the Dragon'' - producer for BKN
* '' Bounty Hamster'' - co-creator with Alan Gilbey wit
Silver Fox Films
* '' Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show!'' based on an original character by Hugh MacLeod of gapingvoid.com - Co-creator with Alan Gilbey
*
So Many Santas
' - TV Short
Music composer
* '' PJ Masks'' - theme music composer
Miscellaneous
* '' Lucky Fred'' - voice director for Disney Channel
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* '' Bob and Margaret'' - script consultant: one episode for Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...
, Comedy Central and Nelvana
References
External links
Personal Homepage
* The Internet Movie Database entry for David Max Freedman
Pitch Inc. Collaboration
Evri Profile
Cult TV Listing
Studio Ghibli - Consultant to Producer
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Living people
1965 births
American television writers
Television producers from New York City
American television directors
American male screenwriters
American male television writers
American voice directors
Screenwriters from New York City
American emigrants to England
People from Plattsburgh, New York