13 Facts About David Seidler

David Seidler was a British-American playwright and film and television writer.

David Seidler was born in London, where he spent his early childhood.

David Seidler grew up in an upper-middle class Jewish family.

David Seidler's mother Doris was a print-maker and graphic artist.

David Seidler's father Bernard was a fur broker who bought bales of pelts on commission.

David Seidler immigrated to the United States with his family in the early part of World War II during the London Blitz.

David Seidler believed that his stutter might have been a response to the emotional trauma of the war.

David Seidler later attended Cornell University, where he graduated with a degree in English in 1959.

David Seidler arrived in Hollywood at the age of 40, and his first job there was writing Tucker: The Man and His Dream for Francis Ford Coppola.

Always wanting to write about George VI, and being a stutterer himself, David Seidler started researching in the 1970s.

The Queen Mother died in 2002, but David Seidler didn't start the work until 2005, when he suffered from throat cancer, and returned to the story during a bout of creative work it inspired.

David Seidler died in New Zealand on 16 March 2024, at the age of 86.

David Seidler was married to Mary Ann Tharaldsen, Huia Newton and Jacqueline Feather.