David Swift

Born: 1919-07-27, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Died: 2001-12-31

Biography

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

• The Rifleman (1958)
• Barney Miller (1975)
• The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
• Climax! (1954)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
• Eight Is Enough (1977)
• Alcoa Theatre (1957)
• Playhouse 90 (1956)
• The Storyteller (1988)
• Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)
• Camp Runamuck (1965)
• Pollyanna (1960)
• Pollyanna (1960)
• Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
• Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
• Love is a Ball (1963)
• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
• Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
• No Time at All (1958)
• Hamlet at Elsinore (1964)
• Gossip from the Forest (1979)