Biography from filmbug.com

theOscarSite Bio: David Arata is a 3^rd generation San Franciscan. He grew up in Millbrae, a small suburb south of San Francisco. He studied at UC Santa Cruz, originally as a painter because he was attracted to the visual. However, he ended up directing plays and, from there, found his way into writing.

CHILDREN OF MEN (2006) is Arata's third screenplay credit. His previous feature writing credits include BROKEDOWN PALACE (1999, with Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale) and SPY GAME (2001, with Robert Redford and Brad Pitt).

Arata has been fortunate enough to work with some of Hollywood's most talented directors. After writing for Cuarón, Arata collaborated with Peter Weir on a screenplay based on William Gibson's novel Pattern Recognition.

His next project, PATTERN RECOGNITION, an adventure-drama Arrata adapted from William Gibson's novel, has been announced for production in 2008 with Peter Weir directing.

Arata has been a creative advisor at the Sundance Screenwriter Lab. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children.

 Achievement in Writing (Adapted Screenplay) 2006: CHILDREN OF MEN (w. Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby)