David graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1995 and worked as a doctor ay Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center nd the Harvard School of Public Health. While working as a doctor he was often listening to patient's stories and diagnosing uncommon illnesses. This was a skill he ended up putting to use as a writer on 'House'.
"We usually come up with the disease first and work the episode around it, and look for ways to hide what it is. You can have the weirdest disease in the world, but if you can stick the guy in an MRI and find the answer, you won't have an episode."
David eventually moved into television as a writer many thanks to Neal Baer, a former classmate, who hired him to work as a freelance writer on an episode of Law & Order. He then came in contact with the producers of 'House' who were impressed by his credentials and hired him to work as a consulting producer during the first season. David has since then worked as a writer and producer for the series. In 2010 he won a Writers Guild of America Award for the 'Broken' episode of 'House' (season 6) and was at the beginning of the 7th season promoted to co-executive producer.
House is one of my favourite series as I find it very good both the cinematography, cast- and story-wise. I have been using a lot of the scripts from the series as "guidelines" to how to format my own scripts through the past years when I've been doing filmmaking as I find them very helpful both in terms of character development, layout, build up in action and character descriptions. I also like how the episodes in the series don't tell everything about the characters (patients) in one go, but slowly reveals bits and pieces of their personality, life situation and past.
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