David Blixt (born July 12, 1973, in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American author, stage actor,[1][2][3][4] and director living in Chicago, Illinois.

[5] Blixt currently serves as an Artistic Associate at the Michigan Shakespeare Festival and is the MSF's resident Fight Director (Violence Designer).

[6] He has directed several plays, including a 2004 production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).

[9] He also collaborated on the script for filmmaker Anna Lerario's documentary about the life of Verona's prince, Cangrande della Scala.

[10] In 2017 his novel Her Majesty's Will, a comedy in which William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe foil a plot on Queen Elizabeth's life, was adapted for the stage by Robert Kauzlaric for Lifeline Theatre.