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David Harold Franzoni (born March 4, 1947) is an American screenwriter and film producer. He conceived the story for, co-wrote and co-produced the 2000 film Gladiator, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
For writing and producing 'Gladiator', David won the Oscar; the Golden Globe; the BAFTA (British Academy Award) and was nominated for a second Oscar and a second BAFTA. His original screenplay, "King Arthur," produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Antoine Fuqua, was released in 2004.
Gladiator is a 2000 epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson. It stars Russell Crowe , Joaquin Phoenix , Connie Nielsen , Tomas Arana , Ralf Möller , Oliver Reed (in his final role), Djimon Hounsou , Derek Jacobi , John Shrapnel , Richard Harris , and Tommy Flanagan .
David Franzoni made a splash in Hollywood in the mid-80s with his screenplay Jumping Jack Flash (1986) which he originally wrote as a thriller, not as a comedy. He later progressed to writing big-budget historical movies like Amistad (1997), Gladiator (2000) and King Arthur (2004).
May 5, 2020 · For its creator David Franzoni though, the reason Gladiator has stuck with us is very simple. “It is,” he says, “about a man just trying to get home.” Gladiator is streaming on NOW TV.
Jul 1, 2024 · The upcoming sequel is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2000 blockbuster, which starred Russell Crowe as a Roman general who's betrayed, sold into slavery, and forced to...
Jun 16, 2020 · That dream actually began when screenwriter David Franzoni pitched the story of a film about a gladiator killing Roman Emperor Commodus to Wick. Franzoni was taken by the idea of a callow...
