My Bio

David Radcliff was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on November 8, 1982. The son of two actors, David grew up with a strong appreciation for dramatic storytelling, and was a recipient of the Marie Sandoz Young Nebraska Authors Award while in elementary school. In 2005, he graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in English from the University of Southern California, where he also minored in cinema-television and philosophy.

While attending USC, David was a regular film columnist for "The Daily Trojan", receiving the campus newspaper's Best Columnist Award in fall of 2003. He was also a member of the university's Student Senate, an editor for USC's student-run online magazine, "AngeLingo", and a member of USC's Thematic Option Honors Program, where his presentation on literary boundaries was selected for the 2002 Undergraduate Research Conference.

In the fall of 2005, David began graduate work as a screenwriting student in UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television, completing his degree in 2008. While at UCLA, David taught or assistant taught several university courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, including classes in film structure, screenwriting fundamentals, and English composition. In 2007 he was one of two co-producers of UCLA's year-end Screenwriters' Showcase, and also received the university's Jack Nicholson Excellence in Screenwriting Award. That year his feature-length dramatic screenplay "Learning to Stand" was a top-five finalist at the Austin Film Festival, and he was also named a top-three finalist in the festival's Comedic Teleplay category. In 2008 he was awarded the George Burns and Gracie Allen Comedic Writing Scholarship. In 2009 he was a finalist for the Disney ABC Television Writing Fellowship.

David is a volunteer mentor for the Young Storytellers Foundation, a non-profit organization that guides creative elementary school students in the composition of short screenplays. He is also a volunteer for Wheels for Humanity, which manufactures and delivers wheelchairs and other assistive devices to underdeveloped regions. For the past three summers, David has assistant taught college-level screenwriting courses for high school students, and has served as residential hall advisor for the Office of Summer Programs at the University of Southern California.

Most recently, David has worked in close collaboration with Windmills & Giants, a grass-roots film production collective, in development of media projects addressing the rights and lifestyles of those with disabilities. He offers freelance screenplay consulting and writes copy for various corporate websites and brochures. He lives in Studio City, California.