David Elliot Hoberman was born on September 19,1952 and is an American film and television producer, best known as the co-creator and executive producer of the USA Network television series Monk, and the founder and co-owner of Mandeville Films.
14 Facts About David Hoberman
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David Hoberman has produced over 40 films in his career, including the 2010 drama film The Fighter, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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David Hoberman has an older brother, Thomas, an entertainment lawyer, and a younger sister, Joan.
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David Hoberman began his showbiz career with a mailroom job at the American Broadcasting Company, and later joined Norman Lear's Tandem Productions.
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David Hoberman was president of the Motion Picture Group at Disney, and was responsible for production of all feature films under Walt Disney, Touchstone, and Hollywood Pictures.
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David Hoberman founded Mandeville Films, an independent production company, in 1995.
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In 2002, along with business partner Todd Lieberman, David Hoberman re-formed Mandeville Films and Television at Disney, after spending three years at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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David Hoberman was the producer of Disney's live-action picture Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and the first ever stop-motion animated full-length feature, The Nightmare Before Christmas, which was produced by Tim Burton.
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However, David Hoberman came up with the idea of a detective with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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David Hoberman was previously married to Tia David Hoberman, with whom he has 3 children.
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David Hoberman is a board member of the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation and recently joined the Anxiety Disorder Association of America.
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David Hoberman has been a visiting assistant professor with UCLA, and was a former board member of the Los Angeles Free Clinic.
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On October 4,2011, David Hoberman was selected to be one of the Board of Trustees for Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts.
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David Hoberman was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.