David H. Goodman
American television producer and writer
David H. Goodman is an American television writer and producer.
He is known for his work on the CBS drama Without a Trace and the FOX science fiction series Fringe. He most recently served as writer and executive producer on the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time from 2011-2018.
Career
In 1997, Goodman became a script coordinator for the Sci-Fi television series The Visitor. The series was cancelled after its first season and Goodman became script coordinator for the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He joined the crew of Buffy mid-way through the second season in 1998. Goodman left the show with the close of the sixth season in 2002.
While working on Buffy, his writing debut was for Bruce Campbell vehicle Jack of All Trades with the second season episode "Croquey in the Pokey" in 2001. He wrote two episodes for the third season of Angel – "Dad" in 2001 and "Double or Nothing" in 2002.
In 2002, he became a story editor and writer for action series Fastlane, scripting the first season episode "Dosed".
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