David Paul Kirkpatrick

David Paul Kirkpatrick is an author, award winning movie-maker and speaker. Most notably, David is the former President of Paramount Pictures and the former Production President of both Walt Disney Pictures and Touchstone Pictures.

He is the Emmy Award and Golden Globe Winning producer of "Rasputin, Dark Prince of Destiny" for HBO. The "New York Times" chronicled David in a Sunday Arts feature about his conversion to Christendom entitled " A Once Feared Kingmaker Returns to a Different Battle". He has been featured on CNN, CBN, CBS, the 700 Club and other outlets.

David is the recipient of the first "David" award for lifetime achievement from Regent University. He holds a Bachelors' degree from California Institute of the Arts. His education was underwritten by the Walt Disney Foundation and the Peter Stark Foundation. He is a member of the Writers Guild Of America, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, and the Producers Guild of America,

David is devoting much of his time to writing and speaking.His new book, the dog, written with Steven James Taylor, will be published on October 2, 2018. He is completing "The Adventures of Merlin", a three-novel series that re-examines the life and times of Merlin Ambrosius, the wizard. The stories are inspired by the poems of Robert de Boron from the 13th century.

He lives on a farm outside Boston, Massachusetts.