David Styne
- Manager
- Producer
- Writer
David Styne, 47, was a longtime, motion picture literary agent and
partner at Creative Artists Agency, where he represented Michael Mann,
Oliver Stone, Taylor Hackford, John Logan, and many other key agency
clients. He packaged many critically acclaimed and commercially
successful films such as "Any Given Sunday," "The Aviator," "World
Trade Center" and "Hancock," and he brokered the sale of numerous spec
screenplays, including "American History X," "Inside Man," "The Island"
and "The Understudy" (which became "Black Swan"). During a brief stint
at ICM, Styne himself wrote a spec screenplay under a pseudonym.
"Carnaval," a fish-out-of-water, buddy comedy, was optioned by Stone
Village Productions in the spring of 2009. Currently, he operates
Wicked Curve, a management and production company he founded in May
2013. He is representing, among others, screenwriters Caspian
Tredwell-Owen ("Beyond Borders," "The Island"), Ken Kaufman ("Space
Cowboys," "The Missing"), Vincent Ngo ("Hancock") and Ray Gideon and
Bruce Evans ("Stand By Me," "Starman," "Mr. Brooks").
Styne is an active member of Cedars Sinai's Board of Governors in Los Angeles.
Styne is an active member of Cedars Sinai's Board of Governors in Los Angeles.