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David Alpert Biography

Birth Name:David Alpert

Profession Producer

Fast Facts

  • Graduated with honors from Harvard University and earned his law degree from the New York University Law School
  • Started out as the co-executive producer of the 2006 TV Movie "Ultra․"
  • Quote: "[on "The Walking Dead"] "Dangling the possibility of civilization will make people much more desperate and willing to do things that would have previously been unthinkable․""
  • Quote: "[on "The Walking Dead"] "The show is an incredibly physical show to produce․ It is super hot and super humid out here, and the crew is just like a group of Marines․ They have no fear․․․""
  • Best known as the executive producer of "The Walking Dead" and "Saint John of Las Vegas․"
  • Is a partner, producer, and operations manager of Circle of Confusion LLC
  • Some of the episodes of "The Walking Dead" that he is most proud of are episode 207 and episode 304 because he feels they effectively use the genre element to heighten the emotional intensity of their key scenes
  • In the production screening room for "The Walking Dead," he keeps a wall with pictures of al the characters that have been killed off in the show
  • Was friends with comic book creator Robert Kirkman for 12 years before his comic "The Walking Dead" was adapted into a television show
  • Was surprised to go to Senoia, Ga․, to eat and discover 15 to 20 people touring the locations "The Walking Dead" had shot scenes in