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David Paul Kirkpatrick (born June 29, 1951) is an American film producer, studio executive and writer. He is widely known for his career at Paramount Pictures where he started as a story editor, oversaw the studio's exclusive development deal with Eddie Murphy and eventually became President of the Motion Picture Group. Kirkpatrick was chief of production at two studios at the same time, Walt Disney Pictures and Touchstone Pictures. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia