David Loughery is an American

United States

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 screenwriter

Screenwriter

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 and producer

Film producer

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. Born in Chicago

Chicago

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, Loughery attended Ball State University

Ball State University

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 and the University of Iowa

University of Iowa

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 where he was a member of the Iowa Playwrights Workshop. His first produced screenplay was Dreamscape

Dreamscape (film)

Dreamscape is a 1984 science fiction horror film directed by Joseph Ruben and written by David Loughery, with Chuck Russell and Ruben co-writing...

in 1984. It marked his first collaboration with director Joseph Ruben

Joseph Ruben

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 for whom Loughery has written or rewritten several films including The Stepfather

The Stepfather (1987 film)

The Stepfather is a 1987 American thriller film starring Terry O'Quinn in the title role. It is loosely based on the life of mass murderer John List, although the plot is more commonly associated with slasher films of the era than a true story. It was directed by Joseph Ruben and written by Donald E...

, The Good Son and Money Train

Money Train

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. Other screenplays include Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

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, Flashback

Flashback (narrative)

Flashback is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened before the story’s primary sequence of events or to fill in crucial backstory...

, Passenger 57

Passenger 57

Passenger 57 is a 1992 American action film starring Wesley Snipes and Bruce Payne. The film's success made Snipes a popular action hero icon.-Plot:...

, The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers (1993 film)

The Three Musketeers is a 1993 film from Walt Disney Pictures and Caravan Pictures, directed by Stephen Herek from a screenplay by David Loughery and starring Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry and Rebecca De Mornay....

, Lakeview Terrace

Lakeview Terrace

Lakeview Terrace is a 2008 American thriller film directed by Neil LaBute, co-produced by Will Smith, written by David Loughery and Howard Korder, and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington. Jackson plays a racist LAPD sergeant who terrorizes his new next-door neighbors...

and Obsessed

Obsessed (2009 film)

Obsessed is a 2009 American thriller film directed by Steve Shill. The Screen Gems production stars Idris Elba, Beyoncé Knowles and Ali Larter...

. Loughery is married and lives in Los Angeles.