David Giler

David Giler is a minor character in the novel "狩猎好莱坞" inspired by the celebrity persona of David Giler.

Background
He began his film and television career by working with his father who was a television writer. Soon, he moved to writing films; he even directed a film called The Black Bird. Eventually, he formed a production company called Brandywine Productions before creating the script of the film Alien with his partners.

Volume 1 (1986)
He was appointed as the main producer of The Butterfly Effect by 20th Century Fox. During the film's signing ceremony, he met Simon Westeros, the film's talented young writer. A few days later, he heard the news of Simon being attacked by a group of young men. Although there was no confirmation, David Giler had heard rumors that the attack had been masterminded by Matthew Broderick, who was upset that he had been kicked out of the The Butterfly Effect. Next day, he visited Simon at the hospital who assured him that he would be at film's production meeting on time.

A few days later, at the production meeting, Peter Sanders, a Vice-President of Fox whose job was limited to ensuring that the crew used the investment appropriately, attempted to seize control of the film's production by asking Simon to alter various scenes in the script to turn it into PG-13 from its current rated-R standard. Simon replied that amending the script would result in the film turning into a jumbled mess since each scene of the film was interconnected. Both Brian De Palma and he, who were actually in-charge of film production and reported directly to Leonard Goldberg, also supported Simon's stance. David Giler also warned Peter Sanders that if he continued needlessly interfering in the meeting, he would have to have a chat with Leonard Goldberg.

Later that afternoon, he had lunch with Brian De Palma and Simon where he asked the young man about his film project that he had heard about. Simon showed him his production plans and image designs for Run Lola Run which he highly praised due to its uniqueness. David Giler offered to help introduce some investors to Simon which he gladly accepted. A few days later, he informed Simon that Mike Medavoy, President of Orion Pictures, was interested in his film; he stated that Simon could meet Mike Medavoy at Brian De Palma's party a few days later.