David E. Talbert

{{infobox person

| name = David Talbert

| birth_name = David E. Talbert

| birth_date = {{birth_date and age|1966|2|10}}

| birth_place = United States

| occupation = Playwright, author, filmmaker

| years_active = 1997–present

| spouse =

| children =

| website = {{url|http://www.davidetalbert.com/}}

}}

David E. Talbert (born February 10, 1966){{cite book |last=Carpenter |first=Bil |year=2005 |title=Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDYftTBTFyEC |page=403|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-0-87930-841-4 }} is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker.{{cite web|url=https://www.moviefone.com/news/|title=Entertainment, Movie & TV News - Moviefone.com|website=Moviefone}} He is a graduate of Morgan State University and attended the New York University film program.

Talbert has won numerous NAACP awards for his work The Fabric of a Man, and a New York Literary Award in 2007 for his musical stageplay, Love in the Nick of Tyme. Talbert has also produced a television reality show, Stage Black, in which actors and singers compete to win a part in one of his plays.

Talbert's first film, First Sunday,{{cite news|title=He's still writing his own story|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-dec-30-ca-talbert30-story.html|date=30 December 2007|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Chris Lee}} was released in 2008. The film stars Ice Cube, Tracy Morgan and Katt Williams. More recently, he signed a first look deal with Netflix.{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=2021-03-23|title='Jingle Jangle's David E. Talbert & Lyn Sisson-Talbert Make First-Look Netflix Deal|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/jingle-jangle-david-e-talbert-lyn-sisson-talbert-netflix-first-look-deal-1234719407/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}

Works

= Novels =

Baggage Claim (2003)
Love on the Dotted Line (2005)
Love Don't Live Here No More: Book One of Doggy Tales (2006, with Snoop Dogg)

= Plays =

Tellin' It Like It Tiz (1991–1993)
Lawd Ha' Mercy (1993–1994)
What Goes Around Comes Around (1994–1995)
He Say She Say... But What Does God Say? (1996)
A Fool And His Money (1997)
Talk Show Live (1998)
Mr. Right Now (1998–1999)
His Woman, His Wife (2000)
The Fabric Of A Man (2001)
Love Makes Things Happen (2002)
Love On Lay-a-way (2003)
Love in the Nick of Tyme (2009)
What My Husband Doesn't Know (2011)
Suddenly Single (2012)
Another Man Will (2015)

= Films =

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Year ! Title !width=65\| Director !width=65\| Writer !width=65\| Producer
1997 \| A Women Like That \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}}
1999 \| Mr. Right Now! \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}}
2000 \| His Woman, His Wife \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}}
2004 \| He Say... She Say... But What Does GOD Say? \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}}
rowspan="2"\| 2005 \| The Fabric of a Man \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}}
Love on Layaway \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}}
2008 \| First Sunday \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}}
2013 \| Baggage Claim \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}}
2016 \| Almost Christmas \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{partial\|Executive}}
2017 \| El Camino Christmas \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{partial\|Executive}}
2020 \| Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}}

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Year

! Title

!width=65| Director

!width=65| Writer

!width=65| Producer

1997

| A Women Like That

| {{yes}}

1999

| Mr. Right Now!

| {{yes}}