
David Swift
Department: Writing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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).
Known For

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967

Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece
2002

Recreating Pollyanna's America
2002

Gossip from the Forest
1979

Pollyanna
1960

Good Neighbor Sam
1964

Hamlet at Elsinore
1964

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981

The Storyteller
1988

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954