How do you producer Oscar worthy content and get to work with some of the biggest names in the film industry? David Valdes is an American film producer, known for working in the western genre. He started out his career as an assistant director and went on as producer and production manager, frequently collaborating with Clint Eastwood. David received his first Oscar nomination for The Green Mile, starring Tom Hanks. He has since been produced many western films, as well as some science fiction films such as The Time Machine, Babylon A.D., and I Am Number Four, and most recently Avatar: The Way of Water