David S. Dorfman bought a three-bedroom, three-bath home at 741 N. Fuller Ave. in L.A.'s Fairfax/Mid-City West neighborhood from Jennifer and Lee Barth for $1.245 million on Sept. 23.

The 1,792-square-foot house was built in 1923.

Dorfman is a screenwriter and was born in New York. He started working as a script reader at William Morris and was able to sell his first major script to New Line Cinemas, in 1998, entitled The Guest. His second script, Anger Management, spent two weeks at the top of the box office in 2003.

He attended New York University.

There have been 22,039 home sales in Los Angeles in 2008, with a median sales price of $450,000.

Address: 741 North Fuller Avenue
Buyer(s): David S Dorfman
Seller(s): Jennifer S Barth (Trustee), Lee P Barth (Trustee) and Barth (Trust)
Sale date: Sep. 23, 2008