David Gordon Green

Green in 2008, image via Prphotos

Place of Birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.

Date of Birth: April 9, 1975

Ethnicity: English, German, Scottish, Welsh

David Gordon Green is an American film director, filmmaker, and actor. He has shifted through genres perhaps more than any other current major film director, having gone from independent dramas-to-comedies-to-dramas-to-horror, all in specific eras of his career. He has directed the films George Washington (2000), All the Real Girls, Undertow, Snow Angels, Pineapple Express, Your Highness, The Sitter, Prince Avalanche, Joe (2013), Manglehorn, Our Brand Is Crisis, Stronger, Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills, Halloween Ends, and The Exorcist: Believer. He wrote his first two films, as well as Snow Angels and Prince Avalanche, and co-wrote Undertow, and his Halloween and Exorcist films. He also co-wrote Goat (2016). He was a director on the shows Eastbound & Down, Red Oaks, Vice Principals, There’s… Johnny!, The Righteous Gemstones, Dickinson, and Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet, and co-created, and wrote for, the show Good Vibes.

David is the son of Jean, a Lamaze instructor, and Hubert Gordon Green, a medical school dean. He was raised in Richardson, Texas.

David’s paternal grandfather was Hubert Gordon Green (the son of Percy Hubert Owen Green and Alice Evans Gordon). Percy was born in Corte Castle, England, the son of Thomas Green and Sarah. Alice was the daughter of James Washington Gordon and Lulooh/Loolah/Lola Marie Barton Evans.

David’s paternal grandmother was Mary Belle Gillespie (the daughter of Virgil Cullum Gillespie and Mary Belle Black). Virgil was the son of Charles Bell Gillespie and Emma E.

David’s maternal grandfather was Cecil Martin Hunter (the son of William M. Hunter and Jeannie Bell Brown). Cecil was born in Oklahoma. William was the son of John Wesley Hunter and Araminta Wortham. Jeannie was the daughter of Joseph Morton Brown and Mary Mollie Herring.

David’s maternal grandmother was Anna Regina Fritsche (the daughter of William Ernst Fritsche and Marie Gertrude Cichos). Anna was born in Oklahoma, to German parents.