Draft:David Charles Baxter
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David Charles Baxter (Born April 19, 1964) is an American producer and screenwriter, with a broad portfolio spanning television and film. Since winning the 1997 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival with his first ever feature film Shooting Lily,[1][2] he has since gone on to produce documentary, biographical, and narrative films and series, as well as co-founded Nimbus Pictures,[1] served as vice president of Legion M, and founded Larger Than Life Entertainment in 2025.[3]
Early Career
[edit]After receiving a degree in Psychology from the University of Michigan, he worked in corporate marketing before making the leap to media through a connection with Academy Award winning documentary director Errol Morris.[1] He then earned a master’s degree from UCLA’s Producer's Program.[4] It was through this program that he produced his first feature film, Shooting Lily, a romantic comedy which went on to win the 1997 SXSW Film Festival.[2] Shortly after graduating, Baxter became the Vice President of production at Maple Palm Pictures, where he developed and coproduced the thriller Ambushed in partnership with HBO.[1]
After selling his racing script Nuvolari to 20th Century Fox, Baxter officially became a member of the Writer's Guild of America.[1][4] In 2004 Baxter won the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation/Tribeca Film Institute screenwriting grant for his film projects The Broken Code and Face Value, science themed projects about Rosalind Franklin and Hedy Lamarr respectively.[4][5][6]
From 2007-2011 Baxter engaged his “nerd side”, becoming a copy writer for Sideshow Collectibles,[7] and working as the lead writer of Marksmen - a six issue post apocalyptic comic series and graphic novel published by Benaroya Publishing and Image Comics.[8] Around this time Baxter also formed Nimbus Pictures with producing partner and entertainment publicist Lisa Taback, with the aim “to produce thought-provoking entertainment for the 21st century”.[1][4]
2016-Current Day
[edit]After 12 years with Nimbus Pictures, in 2016 Baxter shifted gears to bolstering the beginning of Legion M, a film production company allowing fans to directly invest in startup projects.[3][9][10] In an interview in 2019, Baxter explained the budding company; “For the last 80 years, unless you were an accredited investor... ...You couldn’t invest in a startup. It was absolutely not allowed. So this is revolutionary - democratizing law, that allows you to be getting the same shares that a venture capitalist would be getting.”[9]
With Legion M, Baxter produced and executive produced many projects, notable among which are the 2019 biography Excelsior! A Celebration of the Amazing, the Fantastic, the Incredible & the Uncanny Life of Stan Lee,[11] 2023 documentary on William Shatner You Can Call Me Bill[3][12], and 2024 comedy drama My Dead Friend Zoe.[3][13] In 2022, 2023 and 2024 Baxter led and participated in discussions panels at the Los Angeles Comic-Con and San Diego Comic-Con offering project information, Legion M insights, and "an inside look" at "what goes into creating independent films."[14][15][16]
In June of 2025, Baxter officially left Legion M to begin a new production company, Larger Than Life Entertainment, with an established docket of upcoming productions.[3]
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- ^ a b "Best of the Fest". Austin Chronicle. 1997-03-14. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
- ^ a b c d e Levy, Giana (2025-06-05). "David Baxter Exits Legion M as VP of Development to Launch New Production Banner". Variety. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
- ^ a b c d "People - Sloan Science & Film". scienceandfilm.org. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "Tribeca Film Institute". www.tfiny.org. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "david baxter Archives". Graphic Policy. 2012-04-28. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
- ^ "Batman vs Darth Vader – Behind the Scenes". Sideshow Collectibles. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "Marksmen TPB 1 (Image Comics) Comic Book Value and Price Guide". Comic Book Realm. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ a b "#329: Legion M – Super Hero Speak". Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "FAQ - Legion M Basics". Legion M. 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "Kevin Smith & Friends Present: Excelsior! A Celebration of the Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible & Uncanny Life of Stan Lee". Legion M. 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "See the film it took William Shatner 90 years to make!". join.legionm.com. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ Powster. "My Dead Friend Zoe | Official Website | February 28 2025". My Dead Friend Zoe | Official Website | February 28 2025. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "San Diego Comic-Con 2022: Panels, William Shatner Events and Exclusive Merchandise". Legion M. 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "Defiant at L.A. Comic Con". Legion M. 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ Dixon, Kerry (2024-07-08). "Upcoming Fantasy Drama "The Tower" Set for San Diego Comic-Con 2024". San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog. Retrieved 2025-06-06.