David Schechter | Director • Writer • Lyricist • Actor

Films written or directed by David Schechter:

	Interview Screenplay by David Schechter and Steve Buscemi Based on a film by Theo Van Gogh Directed by Steve Buscemi Starring Sienna Miller and Steve Buscemi Independent Spirit Award Best Screenplay Sundance Film Festival Official Selection U.S. and European Theatrical Release Sony Pictures DVD Release A political journalist on the skids is assigned to interview a young starlet on the rise. Initially embarrassed by his assignment, he gradually falls under her sway and their evening together turns into a strange game of cat and mousewhere the stakes just keep getting higher. Watch Film Trailer Here
	Blind Date Screenplay by David Schecher and Stanley Tucci Based on a film by Theo Van Gogh Directed by Stanley Tucci Starring Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci Sundance Film Festival Official Selection U.S. and European Theatrical Release “A joy to watch!” – Variety “Hauntingly Hypnotic... an extraordinary achievement.” – Dark Horizons Trying unsuccessfully to put a personal tragedy behind them, a separated married couple meet once a month, pretending to be strangers on a blind date, the only way they can communicate without hurtful recriminations as they try to heal. Watch Film Trailer Here
	Who Cares About Pal Frenak? A Documentary Produced by Vittoria DeBruin and Daniel Herner Directed by David Schechter Currently in production in Budapest and Paris A documentary exploring the fascinating life and cutting edge dance/theatre work of the Hungarian choreographer, Pal Frenak.

Commissioned Screenplays:

	Heart of a Dog Screenplay by David Schechter and Karoly Makk Adapted from the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov Vanessa Redgrave, Tim Roth and Armin Mueller Stahl have been attached to the project A mongrel dog is surgically transformed into a ruthless revolutionary in this satirical allegory about the fall out from the Russian Revolution.
	1-900 Screenplay by David Schechter Based on a film by Theo Van Gogh A lonely man and woman meet on a phone sex line. Playing out their fantasies in weekly phone sessions, they begin to build a relationship with more depth than either anticipated. But as they start to entertain the possibility of actually meeting, the dynamic between them radically changes.
	Mars Screenplay by David Schechter Based on the book by Fritz Zorn Commissioned by Norador Productions. A well to do young man from Zurich blames his cancer diagnosis on the neurotically controlled Swiss culture in which he was raised.
	School Daze (a reverie) Screenplay by Lonnie Gross and David Schechter Music and Lyrics by David Schechter Developed by Trampoline Films A musical film exploring the inner lives of elementary and junior high school students as they prepare a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.