David Shaber (1929 – November 4, 1999) was an American screenwriter and theatre producer, who wrote the screenplays for The Warriors,[1] Nighthawks, Rollover, Last Embrace and Flight of the Intruder.
[2] He also wrote the final draft, though uncredited, for the John McTiernan film The Hunt for Red October.
[citation needed] Shaber was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and abandoned a pre-med education for the Yale Drama School.
[citation needed] His 1980 semi-autobiographical film Those Lips, Those Eyes told the story of a 1950s touring stock theatrical company, set in the fictional Ohio town of Kempton Hills; the film starred Frank Langella and Thomas Hulce and was directed by Michael Pressman.
Shaber also authored a novel based on the screenplay (Dell, 1980), though he was personally loath to call it a "novelization", as it was written from the first person perspective of its main character and contained much additional material that was either cut from the finished film or created specifically for the book.