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David N. Weiss is an American screenwriter and film director. He is the screenwriter of All Dogs Go to Heaven and Rock-a-Doodle and co-writer of The Rugrats Movie , Shrek 2 , Clockstoppers , Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius , Rugrats in Paris: The Movie , The Smurfs , its sequel and Disenchanted with writing partner, J. David Stem. He has also written for television shows such as Mission Hill , Cybill , and Roundhouse .

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Early life

Weiss grew up in Ventura, California. [1] [2]

Career

Weiss wrote and directed several award-winning shorts and wrote the screenplay for the MGM classic, All Dogs Go to Heaven . With his writing partner, J. David Stem, Weiss served as a head writer for Rugrats and wrote the holiday special A Rugrats Chanukah . [3]

In 2005, Weiss was elected vice president of the Writers Guild of America, West. [1] In 2009, after serving two terms as vice president, Weiss was elected secretary-treasurer of the Writers Guild of America, West. [4]

Weiss has also written three books for children, including Kay Thompson's bestseller, Eloise in Hollywood (with Stem, for Simon & Schuster). He is a patron of the Insight Film Festival. [5] He has taught at the Ma'aleh School of Television, Film and the Arts in Jerusalem, Israel. [3]

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