# David Simkins

David Simkins is an American screenwriter and television producer. His first produced screenplay was for the film Adventures in Babysitting in 1987. He has written for and produced television shows such as Charmed, Blade: The Series, Dark Angel and Warehouse 13.

## Early life and education

Simkins grew up in South Bend, Indiana. He attended Clay High School, where, in 1973, he start being active in the production of the Junior Achievement-sponsored comedy series Beyond Our Control. Simkins learned the basics of television production on the series, which was broadcast locally on WNDU-TV. After graduating high school in 1977, he studied film and broadcasting at The University of Iowa, earning a bachelor's degree in 1982.

## Career

He moved to Los Angeles, California, and got his first job at Sandy Howard Productions answering phones, and later reviewing and budgeting film scripts. Simkins told The South Bend Tribune, "That's where I learned how scripts were written … I learned how they came up with a budget." He later worked for a short period of time as a development executive for New World Pictures.
He has been an active writer and producer for television since his involvement with The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993–1994).
In 2022, Simkins was hired as coordinator and facilitator for the "Study Away: LA" program, a semester internship program for Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Film and Animation (SOFA).

## Filmography

The projects that Simkins has been involved with include:
| Year | Title | Details | Role |
| 1983 | Deadly Force | Film | Production assistant |
| 1984 | Children of the Corn | Film | Production assistant |
| 1987 | Watching | TV Series | Studio vision |
| 1987 | Adventures in Babysitting | Film | Writer |
| 1993 | Micky Love | TV Movie | Technical adviser |
| 1993 – 1994 | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | TV Movie | Producer |
| 1993 – 1995 | The Krypton Factor | TV Series | Technical supervisor |
| 1995 – 1996 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | TV Series | WriterCreativity Consultant |
| 1997 – 1998 | Spy Game | TV Series | WriterSupervising producer |
| 1998 | Mercy Point | TV Series | Writerexecutive producer |
| 1998 – 1999 | Vengeance Unlimited | TV Series | Creator and WriterCo-executive producerExecutive consultant |
| 1999 – 2004 | Charmed | TV Series | Writer and teleplayConsulting and co-executive producer |
| 2000 | The Wonderful World of Disney | TV Series | Teleplay |
| 2000 – 2001 | FreakyLinks | TV Series | writerexecutive and co-executive producer |
| 2001 | Dark Angel | TV Series | WriterConsulting producer |
| 2001 – 2002 | Roswell | TV Series | WriterConsulting producer |
| 2002 | Angel | TV Series | producers' assistantshowrunner (uncredited) and co-executive producer |
| 2006 | Blade: The Series | TV Series | WriterExecutive producer |
| 2006 | The Book of Daniel | TV Series | Co-executive producer |
| 2007 | The Dresden Files | TV Series | WriterExecutive and consulting producer |
| 2008 | Alien Raiders | Film | Writer |
| 2010 | Warehouse 13 | TV Series | Teleplay writerExecutive producer |
| 2010 – 2011 | Human Target | TV Series | writerco-executive producer |
| 2012 | Ray Bradbury's Kaleidoscope | Short | Creative consultant |
| 2012 | Grimm | TV Series | Writerco-executive producer |
| 2014 | Graceland | TV Series | WriterCo-executive producer |
| 2015 | The Lizzie Borden Chronicles | TV Mini Series | Story writerSupervising producer |
| 2016 | Powers | TV Series | WriterCo-executive producer |
| 2016 | Adventures in Babysitting | TV Movie | WriterStoryco-producer |
| 2018 | Deprivers (in development) | TV Series | Writer |
| 2019 | Wu Assassins | TV Series | WriterCo-executive producer |