David Rayfiel

Biography: Screenwriter David Rayfiel is perhaps best known as the longtime collaborator of filmmaker Sydney Pollack. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Rayfiel began his career as a screenwriter writing episodes of TV shows like Norby and Assigment Foreign Legion in the 1950's. By the 70s, he was penning scripts for motion pictures like Castle Keep, Three Days of the Condor, and Round Midnight, as well as adding additional, sometimes uncredited assistance to screenplays like The Way We Were and The Electric Horseman. Rayfiel continued to write into the '90s, with projects like The Firm and the 1995 remake of Sabrina. Rayfiel died in Manhattan in 2011 at the age of 87.

David Rayfiel's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average career score: 60
Highest Metascore: 75 Jeremiah Johnson
Lowest Metascore: 37 Lipstick
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Negative: 1 out of 8
8 movie reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
56 Sabrina Dec 15, 1995 Screenplay 7.1
58 The Firm Jun 30, 1993 Screenplay 8.5
64 Absence of Malice Dec 18, 1981 Writer / Writer 8.0
64 The Electric Horseman Dec 21, 1979 Writer / Writer tbd
37 Lipstick Apr 2, 1976 Screenplay / Screenplay tbd
63 Three Days of the Condor Sep 24, 1975 Screenplay 7.3
61 The Way We Were Oct 19, 1973 Additional Writer 7.2
75 Jeremiah Johnson May 12, 1972 Writer 7.5