David McMillan

Screenwriter, playwright and filmmaker David McMillan currently serves as a Supervising Producer and writer on Ryan Murphy's upcoming Netflix limited series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. In 2020, McMillan wrote and co-produced Showtime's limited series revival of Dexter, slated to premiere later this year. He is currently developing a television series with Will Smith's Westbrook Entertainment, and is writing a feature film for Paramount Players and Viola Davis' JuVee Productions, as well as another feature film for Warner Brothers and Bradley Cooper's Joint Effort production company. In 2015, McMillan's critically acclaimed play Watching O.J. had a successful production at Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA, earning him a Stage Raw Award for Best Achievement in Playwriting. He also wrote the feature specSignal Hill, about famed attorney Johnnie Cochran, which was recently optioned. In television, McMillan has been fortunate to work with and develop shows for some of Hollywood's most notable producers, including Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek), Ryan Murphy (Glee), Will Packer (Girls Trip), Clyde Phillips (Dexter) and Carlton Cuse (Lost). His additional writing credits include Sleepy Hollow, Lucifer and Locke & Key. McMillan is an alumnus of the Disney/Fox Writing Program and the CBS Diversity Writers' Initiative. During the Writers' Guild of America strike of 2007, he created the online political satire show News in Color, and served as YouTube's News & Politics Editor. A Los Angeles native, McMillan grew up in Inglewood and attended Crossroads School in Santa Monica, where he performed in variety of plays and musicals. He continued to pursue his love for the performing arts at Yale University, where he earned his BA in English. McMillan achieved his MFA in Production at USC, during which time he won several awards for his work, including the Jack Nicholson Screenwriting Prize, USC's top prize for screenwriting. His short film Jump won the Showtime Black Filmmaker's Showcase Award. McMillan is deeply passionate about civil rights and social justice, and serves as a proud volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters. He currently resides in Los Angeles.