David Klass has written feature screenplays for all the major studios, including:?Kiss the Girls?starring Morgan Freeman,?Desperate Measures?starring Michael Keaton,?Walking Tall?starring The Rock, and most recently?Emperor?starring Tommy Lee Jones.?David’s TV credits include the Showtime movie?In the Time of the Butterflies?(starring Salma Hayak, based on the novel by Julia Alvarez), the ABC TV Movie?Runaway Virus (based on a Malcom Gladwell article) and working as a writer/producer on?Law & Order: Criminal Intent.?David has developed numerous shows for the networks including the medical show?Austen’s Razor?(developed by CBS in 2014, ABC in 2015). David’s nineteen published novels include?You Don’t Know me?(Farrar Straus Giroux, published in fifteen languages) and?Firestorm?(an environmental thriller published by FSG, optioned by Warner Bros., the first novel ever endorsed by Greenpeace).
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This Is Who We Are: David Klass
This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making during a pandemic.
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In Discussion with David Klass About His New Novel ‘Out of Time’
2020 is proving to be an eventful year for faculty member and co-head of the TV Writing concentration David Klass.
Television Writing Concentration Co-Head
Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Film, Theatre
Reduced Teaching Load