Currently in development, David Shayne was the Co-Executive Producer and Writer of three LEGO Star Wars holiday specials for Disney+. Prior to that he was in development with projects with Netflix, Atomic, Mattel and Disney Television Animation, working with the latter to develop Marvel’s Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur. 

He developed and wrote for the LEGO Jurassic World TV series and was the Story Editor for Season 7 of LEGONinjago: Masters of Spinjitzu for Cartoon Network. In that role he oversaw the season’s writing and also wrote several episodes, including the one-hour Halloween special Ninjago: Day of the Departed. He has also worked as Story Editor for the Disney XD animated series Randy Cunningham: Ninth Grade Ninja, where he had previously served as a staff writer. 

David’s freelance writing credits include LEGO Star Wars: Freemaker Adventures (Disney XD), Phineas and Ferb and T.O.T.S. (Disney), The Pink Panther and Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (Cartoon Network), The Stinky & Dirty Show (Amazon) and The Adventures of Chuck and Friends and Littlest Pet Shop (The Hub). He was a staff writer on the live-action series I’m in the Band (Disney XD) and the animated series Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (Disney XD). 

In a prior life, David was a member of the Usual Gang of Idiots of MAD Magazine, having worked as a freelance writer after serving as the magazine’s Associate Editor. He has written movie and TV spoofs and is the author of MADvertising and Spy Vs. Spy Casebook Vol. 2. 

David attended the Warner Bros. Comedy Writer’s Workshop. He has also performed with the Improv Master Class at the ACME Comedy Theater.  

Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, David is a graduate of Columbia University in New York. When he’s not writing, he is a hack basketball player who likes to bust out his low-post moves on old guys at the Y.