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David Klawans (born September 10, 1968) is an American film producer. He is the executive producer of the movie Argo, winner of the Best Picture Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. Klawans has been described in the press as a 'story detective' and is known for developing obscure true stories into movies.
David Klawans is known for Argo (2012), Nacho Libre (2006) and Uncatchable.
May 9, 2013 · May 9, 2013. It helps, says once-struggling independent film producer David Klawans, to be the guy who came up with the idea to make a movie called "Argo," this year’s Oscar winner for best...
Mar 24, 2018 · David Klawans is a little-known producer who’s more comfortable spending 10 hours a day researching than shmoozing at a lunch. In fact, his unique approach to finding true stories for Hollywood movies is reminiscent of a detective piecing together parts of a puzzle.
Feb 21, 2013 · Bearman pitched the story in the summer of 2006, after he learned about it from David Klawans, an independent movie producer. Bits of the story had come out already: there had even been nuggets...
Host: David Klawans is an executive producer on Argo but it may be better to say he's a "story detective." Early on he decided his niche would be finding true stories and turning them into movies. He discovered the story for Argo in late-1998, early-1999, buried in a CIA quarterly journal, " Studies in Intelligence ."
David Klawans is a producer known for discovering obscure true stories, with an eye towards those that translate well to film. He was an executive producer on ARGO which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Klawans also produced NACHO LIBRE starring Jack Black which was inspired by a real story.
