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'''David Polsky''' is an American film and television [[screenwriter]] who created ''[[The Buzz on Maggie]]'' and co-wrote ''[[Scary Movie 2]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://writers.uclaextension.edu/instructors/david-polsky/ | title=Dave Polsky | publisher=UCLA Extension | date=2017 | access-date=2019-03-06 | archive-date=2016-04-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417202144/http://writers.uclaextension.edu/instructors/david-polsky/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> He has also written episodes for ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' and ''[[Hanazuki: Full of Treasures]]''<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2017/01/13/hasbros-hanazuki-an-intergalactic-love-letter-to-my-little-pony-fans/#1c60264222a8|first=Lauren|last=Orsini|journal=Forbes|date=13 January 2017|title=Hasbro's 'Hanazuki': An Intergalactic Love Letter To 'My Little Pony' Fans}}</ref> among other animated television series.

'''David "Dave" Polsky''' is an [[United States|American]] film and television [[screenwriter]] best known for creating ''[[The Buzz on Maggie]]'' and co-writing ''[[Scary Movie 2]]''. His production company is called Juban Productions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dave-polsky/7/21/787|title=Dave Polsky - LinkedIn|accessdate=July 1, 2009}}</ref>

==Biography==
Dave grew up in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]. Later in his life, he moved to [[Philadelphia]] to attend the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. When he graduated, he moved to [[New York]] to pursue a career in investment banking and then was a social worker. After that, he moved to [[Maine]] with his wife and his first son was born in Portland. Then, he got into the industry of television through his friend Mark Cronin, who hired him as a freelancer for ''[[Singled Out]]''. When he got the job, the producers were impressed and promoted him to a staff writer. Since then, Dave Polsky has been writing for a few shows such as various episodes of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'', ''[[Rugrats]]'' and ''[[South Park]]''. He also wrote for ''[[Scary Movie 2]]''.
He was the creator and executive producer of ''[[The Buzz on Maggie]]'' and a writer of ''[[FrankTV]]''.

==Family==
He is currently living in [[Los Angeles, California]] with his wife and three children.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

===Television===
===Television===
*''[[Singled Out]]'', writer, 130 episodes
*''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' - ''Feeling Pinkie Keen, Over a Barrel, Too Many Pinkie Pies, Spike At Your Service (story), Keep Calm and Flutter On (teleplay), Games Ponies Play, Daring Don't, Rarity Takes Manehattan, Twilight Time, For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils, Equestria Games, Appleloosa's Most Wanted''
*''[[Pair of Kings]]''
*''[[South Park]]'', writer, 2 episodes
*''[[FrankTV]]''
*''[[The Cramp Twins]]'', writer, 2 episodes
*''[[Cedric the Entertainer Presents]]'', writer, 17 episodes
*''[[The Buzz on Maggie]]''
*''[[The Buzz on Maggie]]'', creator & executive producer
*''[[Cedric the Entertainer Presents]]''
*''[[The Cramp Twins]]''
*''[[Class of 3000]]'', writer, 7 episodes
*''[[FrankTV]]'', writer, 28 episodes
*''[[Sonic Boom (TV series)|Sonic Boom]]''-''Translate This, Unlucky Knuckles''
*''[[South Park]]''
*''[[Pair of Kings]]'', writer, 2 episodes
*''[[Sonic Boom (TV series)|Sonic Boom]]'', writer, 2 episodes
*''[[Singled Out]]''
*''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'', writer, 13 episodes
*''[[My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (miniseries)|My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Special]]'', writer
*''[[Dawn of the Croods]]'', writer, 2 episodes
*''[[Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own]]'', writer, 1 episode
*''[[Hanazuki: Full of Treasures]]'', executive producer & writer, 8 episodes
* ''[[Nella the Princess Knight]]'', writer, 1 episode
* ''[[Interrupting Chicken (TV series)|Interrupting Chicken]]'', writer, 2 episodes


===Film===
===Film===
*''[[Scary Movie 2]]''
*''[[Scary Movie 2]]'', writer


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0689844}}
*[http://www.tv.com/dave-polsky/person/347722/summary.html Dave Polsky] at [[TV.com]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689844/ Dave Polsky] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]
*[http://tobtr.com/s/5856993 Interview] with Dave Polsky on True Equestria Radio, 12/29/2013 {{dead link|date=January 2020}}
*[http://tobtr.com/s/5856993 Interview] with Dave Polsky on True Equestria Radio, 12/29/2013


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Latest revision as of 23:22, 30 November 2024

David Polsky is an American film and television screenwriter who created The Buzz on Maggie and co-wrote Scary Movie 2.[1] He has also written episodes for My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and Hanazuki: Full of Treasures[2] among other animated television series.

Filmography

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Television

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Film

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References

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  1. ^ "Dave Polsky". UCLA Extension. 2017. Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  2. ^ Orsini, Lauren (13 January 2017). "Hasbro's 'Hanazuki': An Intergalactic Love Letter To 'My Little Pony' Fans". Forbes.
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