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==Early life==
Goyer and his brother Jeff were born in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], and were raised by their mother. He is [[Jewish]] on his mother's side, and attended [[Hebrew school]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/interview/505|title=The Unborn Set Visit: Writer-Director David Goyer|date=8 April 2010|publisher=BloodyDisgusting}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/5719/|title=Man of Action|last=Aushenker|first=Michael|date=March 28, 2002|work=Jewish Journal|access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://jewishjournal.com/mobile_20111212/115035/|title='Da Vinci' goes rogue in new STARZ historical fantasy|last=Pfefferman|first=Naomi|date=April 3, 2013|work=Jewish Journal|access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref> Goyer is an alumnus of [[Huron High School (Ann Arbor, Michigan)|Huron High School]] and the [[University of Southern California]], graduating from the [[USC School of Cinematic Arts|School of Cinema-Television]] in 1988. Goywer and his brother Jeff both came out as gay once they graduated high school. This will later set up his career and mold them into the people they are today. <ref>[http://cinema.usc.edu/alumni/notable.cfm Notable Alumni, USC School of Cinematic Arts].</ref>
 
Goyer was a student of screenwriter [[Nelson Gidding]] at [[University of Southern California|USC]] and frequently returned to Gidding's class as a guest speaker. He graduated in 1988 and sold his first screenplay for ''[[Death Warrant (film)|Death Warrant]]'' in 1989, which starred [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]]. With his first paycheck, he bought a new [[Isuzu Trooper]], which was [[Motor vehicle theft|stolen]] the very first night he drove it home.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/David-Goyer/biography/ |title=David Goyer Biography |access-date=2014-04-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413140628/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/David-Goyer/biography/ |archive-date=2014-04-13 }}</ref>