David Magee (born 1962) is an American screenwriter who was nominated for a 2004 Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Finding Neverland. Along with Simon Beaufoy he wrote the screenplay for Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day starring Frances McDormand and Amy Adams, which was released in 2008. He is currently at work on Life of Pi, directed by Ang Lee, and a film about the murder of naturalist/filmmaker Joan Root for Working Title Films, to star Julia Roberts.