

He graduated from The Catholic University of America in 1989 with a BA. The film was one of the highest-grossing films of 2007 and helped launch the careers of Josh Hutcherson, Anna Sophia Robb and Bailee Madison.

David Paterson produced and co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of the novel released in 2007. His mother, author Katherine Paterson, used this real-life experience as the basis for her children's novel Bridge to Terabithia. When Paterson was a boy, his best friend, an eight-year-old girl named Lisa Hill, was struck by lightning and killed. His studio releases have been seen by tens of millions throughout the world. He is in heavy demand as a public speaker, serves on several film festival advisory boards (including the Savannah Film Festival and Big Apple Film Festival), and has had his films in over a hundred film festivals throughout the world. David Lord Paterson (born 1966) is an American screenwriter, actor and producer.
