David Wood began writing as a student at Oxford University in the sixties. He wrote his first play for children in 1967.

His plays have been performed all over the world and include THE GINGERBREAD MAN (nine London seasons), THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT WENT TO SEE (six London seasons, co-written with Sheila Ruskin), THE SELFISH SHELLFISH, THE SEE-SAW TREE, SAVE THE HUMAN, THE IDEAL GNOME EXPEDITION and THE PLOTTERS OF CABBAGE PATCH CORNER. His stage adaptations of well-known books include Dick King-Smith’s BABE THE SHEEP-PIG, Roald Dahl’s THE BFG and THE WITCHES (both of which played long tours and two West End seasons).

He has directed many of his plays for his own company, Whirligig Theatre (founded with John Gould in 1979), which tours to major theatres nationwide.

Film screenplays include SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS and BACK HOME, which won a gold award at the New York Film and TV Festival 1991. Writing for television includes the series CHIPS’ COMIC, CHISH ‘N’ FIPS and THE GINGERBREAD MAN; and TIDE RACE. David Wood has followed a parallel career as an actor, best remembered as Johnny in Lindsay Anderson’s cult film IF.