David H. Steinberg grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut, entered Yale at age 16, and earned his law degree from Duke University, where he served as editor-in-chief of the law review. After four years of entertainment law in Atlanta and New York, he abandoned his legal career to attend USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program.
Steinberg broke out as a writer in 1999 with his feature script SLACKERS that ignited a bidding war for the script. The movie starred Devon Sawa, Jason Schwartzman, and model Jaime King and became an instant cult classic.
Steinberg was immediately hired by Universal Studios to pen the sequel to the smash hit AMERICAN PIE, and as a result, his sequel had the highest gross of all three American Pie movies.
In another high profile script sale, AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL was made into Steinberg’s third film, starring Amy Smart, Tom Arnold, and Horatio Sanz. Steinberg served as co-producer on that film which was released in 2005 by Sony as NATIONAL LAMPOON’S BARELY LEGAL.
In addition, Steinberg has worked extensively within the studio system, writing for DreamWorks, Universal, Sony, Disney, Fox, MGM, Warner Brothers, and Paramount. Steinberg recently wrote PUSS IN BOOTS, the feature spin-off of SHREK 2, for DreamWorks Animation, set for release in 2011. He is currently writing a teen comedy for Universal and a remake of the classic 1980’s comedy PORKY’S.
In television, Steinberg has written sitcom pilots for Fox, UPN, and Paramount TV.
As a director, Steinberg recently completed an award-winning short film, “The Babysitter” and a music video for the L.A. band LEXICON.