Bio
Director
Stomping Ground (writer & director), feature film, 2016, Truly Brave Films/30th St. Entertainment - Distributed to streamers by Breaking Glass Pictures.
Interrogation (writer & director), short film, 2015
140 Characters Or Less, (short film), Short Wars Productions, 2014
Road Show - (sitcom pilot), Keylight Films, 2013
Love, Park - (writer & director), short film, 2011
Just Like Me - (short film), RTL Productions, 2007
Jumpcuts: An Art Film - (writer, director, camera), short film, 1996
The True Meaning of Cool - (writer, director, camera) AFI award-winning short film, 1995
Screenwriter
Selected Titles:
Bait & Tackle (shooting in 2025)
The Haunting of San Ignacio (produced in December 2024)
Prisoner Trump: The Don of Cell Block B (produced in August 2024)
Metronome (in development with Butterfly Films and Three Hearts)
Triple A (in development, tentatively shooting in 2025)
Boomer War
The 16 Minute Man (biopic feature in development)
Full Armor (biopic feature in development with APA)
Closure (short) produced 2018
Destine For Love (feature) in development
Jordan's Song (musical feature)
Luncheonette (TV series), Main Line Films, 2016
Angus (feature, in development), Diamond Entertainment, 2016
The Prison (feature, in development), Double Windsor Productions, 2016
Between Wind & Water (feature), Weinerman Productions, 2016
An Era In Passing (feature), Weinerman Productions, 2016
Used To Love Her (feature), Wicked Dreams Entertainment, 2015
Bonnie & Clyde: Lovers on the Run (feature documentary), Landford Productions, 2015
Nightcap - (short film), Diamond Entertainment, 2014
Bottle of Red - (feature), Diamond Entertainment, 2014
Journey Into The Holocaust - ( feature documentary), Paul Bachow, 2013
Technical Support (short film, 2013)
Morgan, Michael, Vanessa & Max (original feature, optioned, in development), 2012
Kafka Pizza (short film, co-writer, actor), Liberty Bell Films, 2012
Sugar Cookie (short film, co-writer), Sweetbreads Studios, 2012
Celebrity Skin ( feature documentary, 2011)
What Matters Most (feature, 2009)
The Audition (short film), Magic Bullet Media, 2009
(32 more titles upon request)
David Greenberg graduated from the film program at Temple University and worked in production before deciding to focus on screenwriting. His feature writing-directing debut “Stomping Ground” premiered in 2016. He specializes in writing screenplays for ultra-low budget films and shorts. He has been hired to write or doctor over 60 feature, short and documentary screenplays.
His 2021 book Screenwriting For Micro-Budget Films was published by Focal Press and was recently ranked #34 on bookauthority.org's list of the 100 Best Screenwriting Books of All Time.
His short film “The True Meaning of Cool” won an award from the American Film Institute. Another short film, “Interrogation,” won a Special Jury Prize at the L.A. Neo-Noir Film Festival. David contributed a chapter on the history of photography to Walter Foster Publishing’s “The Daily Book of Photography” and was also hired to write the book “100 Movies To Watch With Your Kids.”
David teaches screenwriting at Drexel University. David evaluates screenplays for the prestigious Austin Screenwriters Conference and is active in the Philadelphia screenwriting community, frequently reading screenplays for The Set In Philadelphia Screenplay Competition and serving as a panelist/mentor at various workshops aimed at nurturing new talent. Greenberg branched out into producing, serving in that capacity on "Seclusion", a feature shot in Spring 2021.
In June of 2024, Greenberg was hired to write Prisoner Trump: The Don of Cell Block B. H e was given one week to complete the screenplay and turned it in a day early, July 3. The film began production in Los Angeles on August 2 and wrapped August 8. The producers anticipate an October 2024 streaming release.