David Callaham is an American film writer.

Personal life

Callaham was born in Fresno, California

Fresno, California

Fresno is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation...

 on October 24, 1977. He is married to Bree Tichy. They were married in 2009.

Criticism

Callaham wrote films that were met with negative receptions. He's been the topic of much debate.

Career

In 2003, Callaham wrote film adaption to the video game Doom and submitted it in the summer of 2005. Around that time, he pitched the idea of The Expendables

The Expendables (2010 film)

The Expendables is a 2010 American ensemble action film written by David Callaham and Sylvester Stallone, and directed by Stallone. Filming began on March 28, 2009, in Rio de Janeiro, New Orleans, and Los Angeles, and the film was released in theaters on August 13, 2010 in North America.The film is...

 to Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...

 which was later handed to Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone

Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone , commonly known as Sylvester Stallone, and nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and occasional painter. Stallone is known for his machismo and Hollywood action roles. Two of the notable characters he has portrayed...

 and took over the project. Though he's credited for story and co-writing the script, Callaham did not participate in the writing process.

On October 2010, Callaham submitted an initial first draft of Godzilla to Legendary Pictures

Legendary Pictures

Legendary Pictures is an American film production company, whose parent company, Legendary Entertainment, is based in Burbank, California and was founded by Thomas Tull in 2004...

, who plan to reboot the franchise. The script was subsequently rejected and replaced by a new draft by David S. Goyer

David S. Goyer

David Samuel Goyer is an American screenwriter, film director and comic book writer.-Early life:Goyer was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He attended Hebrew school and has described himself as "half Jewish"...

.

Callaham is currently working with director McG

McG

Joseph McGinty Nichol , better known as McG, is an American director and producer of film and television, as well as a former record producer....

 on an untitled Sci-Fi Adventure film.

Filmography

• Doom
  Doom (film)
  Doom is a 2005 science fiction horror film, loosely based on the Doom series of video games created by id Software. It was directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak....
  
   (2005)
• Horsemen (2009)
• Tell Tale
  Tell-Tale (film)
  Tell-Tale is a 2009 thriller film inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe short story The Tell-Tale Heart. It is directed by Michael Cuesta and stars Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, and Brian Cox and is produced by Tony Scott and Ridley Scott.-Plot:...
  
   (2009)
• The Expendables
  The Expendables (2010 film)
  The Expendables is a 2010 American ensemble action film written by David Callaham and Sylvester Stallone, and directed by Stallone. Filming began on March 28, 2009, in Rio de Janeiro, New Orleans, and Los Angeles, and the film was released in theaters on August 13, 2010 in North America.The film is...
  
   (2010)
• Godzilla (2012) (Rejected)