
Person
David Lindsay-Abaire
Writing · Born 1969-11-14 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
David Lindsay-Abaire (né Abaire; born November 30, 1969) is an American playwright, lyricist and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 for his play Rabbit Hole, which also earned several Tony Award nominations. Lindsay-Abaire won both the 2023 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical and the Tony Award for Best Original Score for the musical adaptation of his play Kimberly Akimbo. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Lindsay-Abaire, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Robots
Story

Rise of the Guardians
Screenplay

Oz the Great and Powerful
Screenplay

Poltergeist
Screenplay

Inkheart
Screenplay

Rabbit Hole
Screenplay

The Family Fang
Screenplay

Shrek the Musical
Book

Long Day's Journey into Night
Screenplay

The Man in the Moon
Screenplay
Filmography
- 2025Long Day's Journey into NightScreenplay
- 2016The Family FangScreenplay
- 2015PoltergeistScreenplay
- 2013Shrek the MusicalBook
- 2013Oz the Great and PowerfulScreenplay
- 2012Rise of the GuardiansScreenplay
- 2010Rabbit HoleScreenplay
- 2008InkheartScreenplay
- 2005RobotsStory
- 2005The Man in the MoonScreenplay
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