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David Swift

David Swift

Born: 1919-07-27 • Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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David "Dave" Swift (July 27, 1919 – December 31, 2001) was an American screenwriter, animator, director, and producer. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the 1967 film How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Swift also worked as an animator and filmmaker at The Walt Disney Studios where he adapted the story of Pollyanna for the screen and wrote and directed The Parent Trap (1961).

Filmography
Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece poster
Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece
2002 • Self - Director / Writer
Recreating Pollyanna's America poster
Recreating Pollyanna's America
2002 • Self
Gossip from the Forest poster
Gossip from the Forest
1979 • General Groener
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying poster
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967 • Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Good Neighbor Sam poster
Good Neighbor Sam
1964 • TV Director (uncredited)
Hamlet at Elsinore poster
Hamlet at Elsinore
1964 • Player King
Pollyanna poster
Pollyanna
1960 • Fireman (Uncredited)