Trivia

Cast as U.S. Army Private Sager by Martin Sheen in "Cadence" along with Larry Fishburne, Charlie Sheen, and F. Murray Abraham is when he began to put together a number of short films as a writer-director which would lead to writing and directing his own feature films.

David mounted theatrical plays at the Stella Adler Theater there along with classmates, Mark Ruffalo, and Benicio Del Toro.

Traveling to Central America to war-torn Honduras and Managua Nicaragua, David lived with the poor and observed the political environment by embedding himself with the Witness of Peace Organization inside villages that had been attacked by Contra forces.

After retiring his Screen Actors Guild card to focus on writing and directing, David was asked to re-establish his union status and take on the role of Russel Ashton in the film "The Stand at Paxton County".

David played quarterback for the University of Oregon Ducks.

Scouting feature locations along with Nick Cassavetes at Yankee Stadium, David caught a foul ball hit by Yankee slugger Paul O'Neill - later to run into O'Neill in Paris where Paul would later sign it.

David lived in Paris France commuting daily on the RER (train) along the Seine to famed author William Wharton's houseboat where he worked directly with the recluse author on the adaptation of his novel, Last Lovers.

David was hired by Charlie Sheen to adapt a Richard Jessup novel "Threat" while traveling from Japan to London, Hamburg, Berlin, and to Paris with the actor on a world-wide Terminal Velocity press junket.

David's first job ever in the industry was landing the photo-double assignment for Harrison Ford in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" in Northern California working side by side with Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg.

With an interest in real estate, David attended the Arizona School of Business where he would later build up a real estate portfolio both in Las Vegas, Arizona and California.

As an actor, David was awarded a full scholarship at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

As an actor, David has appeared in such ad campaigns for Budweiser, Sprite, Napa Auto Parts, GQ, and would land the lead role in Estee Lauder's international Beautiful Perfume campaign.

David was contracted and would later travel to Ephesus Turkey to research, study and build a time line for Mary, the mother of Jesus after the crucifixion, while working alongside European archaeologists on sprawling digs in and about Ephesus.

At the beginning of the Covid pandemic, David enrolled at the ScreenwritingU Masters Series and completed a two year screenwriting Masters program.

With an interest in physical construction David set out to learn and construct a small home entirely on his own over a 4 four year period.

David adapted famed author Issak Dinesin's (Out of Africa) beloved Babette's Feast into an English version for Academy Award winning Danish producer Just Betzer.