David Valdes

David Valdes (born August 12, 1950, in Los Angeles) is an American film producer known for working in the western genre and collaborating with Clint Eastwood. His first production experience was as a guest on a film called Diary of a Mad Housewife, which was shot in his hometown in 1969.

Career
Valdes first started out his career as an assistant director for films like Oh, God! Book II, The Outsiders and Tightrope, (which he also had a minor role in).

He became good friends with Eastwood after Tightrope and soon Valdes was promoted to associate producer/assistant director on 1985's Pale Rider. He went on as producer and production manager on other Eastwood films like The Dead Pool, Bird, Pink Cadillac, White Hunter Black Heart and Unforgiven.

Valdes received his first Oscar nomination for The Green Mile along with the film's director-producer-screenwriter Frank Darabont.

Valdes has since been producing more western films, as well as some science fiction films such as The Time Machine, Babylon A.D., and I Am Number Four.

Filmography

 * 1985: Pale Rider
 * 1986: Ratboy
 * 1987: Gardens of Stone
 * 1987: Like Father Like Son
 * 1988: Bird
 * 1988: The Dead Pool
 * 1989: Pink Cadillac
 * 1990: White Hunter Black Heart
 * 1990: The Rookie
 * 1992: Unforgiven
 * 1993: In the Line of Fire
 * 1993: A Perfect World
 * 1995: The Stars Fell on Henrietta
 * 1997: Turbulence
 * 1999: The Green Mile
 * 2002: The Time Machine
 * 2003: Open Range
 * 2007: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
 * 2008: Babylon A.D.
 * 2010: The Book of Eli
 * 2011: I Am Number Four
 * 2012: The Magic of Belle Isle
 * 2013: Beautiful Creatures
 * 2014: Transcendence
 * 2015: Point Break
 * 2019: Alita: Battle Angel
 * 2022: Avatar: The Way of Water