1938 industry biography: David Hempstead was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 2, the son of a former U. S. Assistant Attorney General. Attended Westminister Collegiate Institure and took his A. B. degree at the University of Michigan. Career actually began at the University of Michigan, where for three years in succession he wrote the book-and-lyrics for undergraduate musical comedies. First entry into films was via a screen play he had written. He subsequently became a producer at RKO Radio, and then moved to 20th Century-Fox as an assistant to Nunnally Johnson, and then as an Associate Producer on Darryl F. Zanuck's staff. Married to the former Eleanor Avery, and lives (in 1938) in Beverly Hills with his wife and two children, Avery and David IV.