Personal info
Known for
Producer
Gender
Male
Birthday
12 August
Location
California, United States
Edit pageDavid Valdes
Biography
David Valdes (born August 12, 1950, in Los Angeles, California) is an American film producer and former assistant director. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a degree in Theater Arts. He began his film career working as an assistant director alongside filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Wim Wenders, Clint Eastwood and Francis Ford Coppola. His early credits include Raging Bull (1980), Hammett (1982), The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983).
He moved into film production as an associate producer on Clint Eastwood's Pale Rider (1985) and went on to produce several notable films, including The Dead Pool (1988), Pink Cadillac (1989), The Rookie (1990), A Perfect World (1993), The Green Mile (1999), The Time Machine (2002), Open Range (2003) and The Book of Eli (2010). He also served as executive producer on Unforgiven (1992), In the Line of Fire (1993), Alita: Battle Angel (2019) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022).
For The Green Mile, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture alongside Frank Darabont. He has also worked as an executive producer on Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025).
