Occupation Screenwriter Role Screenwriter Name David Frigerio | Notable work The Signal Years active 1998–present Home town New York City | |
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Alma mater Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute Movies The Signal, Wreckage, Six Months Later Similar People Carlyle Eubank, William Eubank, Brian Berdan, Brian Kavanaugh Jones, Tyler Davidson | ||
David Frigerio is an American screenwriter. His 2014 film The Signal, directed by William Eubank and starring Laurence Fishburne, Brenton Thwaites, and Olivia Cooke, premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and was released in US theaters on June 13 by Focus Features. In 2010, he wrote and produced Wreckage, directed by John Asher and starring Aaron Paul, Scoot McNairy, and Cameron Richardson.
Background
Frigerio began his writing career as a playwright in New York City, his hometown, writing and producing his first play, an off-Broadway production, at age 21. He is a lover of science fiction and used to attend MUFON conferences, which inspired his work on The Signal. He is strongly influenced by the work of Michio Kaku, Ray Kurzweil, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.