David is a writer-director working across fiction, non-fiction and branded projects.

He is currently finishing his debut non-fiction feature SMOKING SHORES, with funding and support from Truth Department, Ffilm Cymru Wales, Creative Wales, and executive producers Michael Sheen (MASTERS OF SEX, FROST/NIXON, THE QUEEN) and Sonja Henrici (MERKEL, THE OIL MACHINE). The project was selected for the 2023 London Film Festival Works in Progress Showcase and the 2025 Dok Incubator Workshop (https://dokincubator.net/selected-projects-2025/) and will have its festival premiere in late 2026/2027 TBC.

David’s last short fiction film OUT FOR A WALK starred Matthew Beard (VIENNA BLOOD, THE IMITATION GAME) and Saskia Reeves (THE OUTRUN, SLOW HORSES) and screened at numerous film festivals around the world, including Drama International Short Film Festival, Filmfestival Kitzbuhel and Aesthetica Short Film Festival. 

As a director of documentary content and commercials, David has created work for clients including Oakley, adidas, Reebok, Kendrick Lamar, Brighter Sounds and Henry Poole. His branded work reflects his own love of surfing and extreme sports, as well as fashion and music.

David attended the MFA Directing programme at the American Film Institute Conservatory, and also holds a BA in Film Studies and Philosophy. He is co-founder of the research group Res Communis (http://www.rescommunis.org) which explores urgent questions of collectivity in the context of rising planetary division and crisis.

David has also worked as a film journalist for Little White Lies (https://lwlies.com) and as a producer of artists’ film and video projects with Portland Green (http://www.portlandgreen.com).