David Samuel Goyer is an American filmmaker, novelist and comic book writer. He is best known for writing the screenplays to several superhero films, including Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998), the Blade trilogy (1998-2004), Christopher Nolan`s Dark Knight trilogy (2005-2012), Man of Steel (2013) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). He has also directed four films: Zig Zag (2002), Blade: Trinity (2004), The Invisible (2007) and The Unborn (2009). His other notable works include Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011), Mission impossible: Ghost Protocol (2016) and Terminator: Dark Fate (2019).