Writing

David Matthews

Born November 8, 1967 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA (age 58)

David Matthews is an American author, producer, and writer for film and television, best known for his memoir Ace of Spades, and as executive producer and showrunner on Sony TV's horror event series Them.

Known For

Naked Singularity

Naked Singularity · 2021

Naked Singularity

MovieCrimeDrama

When a successful New York public defender loses his first case, he is pulled into a drug heist by a former client in an effort to beat the broken system at its own game.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · 1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

SeriesCrimeDrama

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

Boardwalk Empire

Boardwalk Empire · 2010

Boardwalk Empire

SeriesCrimeDrama

Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.

Narcos

SeriesCrimeDrama

A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.

Your Honor

Your Honor · 2020

SeriesDramaCrime

New Orleans judge Michael Desiato is forced to confront his own deepest convictions when his son is involved in a hit and run that embroils an organized crime family.

Them

SeriesDramaMystery

A limited anthology series that explores terror in America.

Candy

SeriesDramaCrime

Candy Montgomery is a 1980s housewife and mother who did everything right — but when the pressure of conformity builds within her, her actions scream for just a bit of freedom. Until someone tells her to shush. With deadly results.

Filmography

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Naked Singularity

Naked Singularity · 2021

Naked Singularity

MovieCrimeDrama

When a successful New York public defender loses his first case, he is pulled into a drug heist by a former client in an effort to beat the broken system at its own game.

Screenplay

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · 1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

SeriesCrimeDrama

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

Story

Boardwalk Empire

Boardwalk Empire · 2010

Boardwalk Empire

SeriesCrimeDrama

Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.

Writer

Narcos

SeriesCrimeDrama

A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.

Writer

Your Honor

Your Honor · 2020

SeriesDramaCrime

New Orleans judge Michael Desiato is forced to confront his own deepest convictions when his son is involved in a hit and run that embroils an organized crime family.

Writer

Them

SeriesDramaMystery

A limited anthology series that explores terror in America.

Writer

Candy

SeriesDramaCrime

Candy Montgomery is a 1980s housewife and mother who did everything right — but when the pressure of conformity builds within her, her actions scream for just a bit of freedom. Until someone tells her to shush. With deadly results.

Co-Executive Producer