David is an Animation Director and Commercials Director based in New York. He is a proven creative talent working in animation and visual effects for Commercials, TV and Film since joining the industry in 1998.

 

David graduated traditional animation but was quickly lured into the emerging CG department at Framestore, in London. David has contributed to and supervised many award winning projects such as Walking with Beasts, Dinotopia, Harry Potter and a multitude of Commercials campaigns.

 

Since moving to New York in 2004 to establish and run Framestore's CG department, David has passionately championed the creature and character animation successes in the US, non more ubiquitous than the well loved Geico Gecko! After a privileged Directorial debut with a campaign of for GEICO, David has been busy Directing both live action and CG commercial spots for many premium brands, such as Samsung, Time Warner, Coors, Prudential, Charmin, Breath Right and EA.

 

Currently David is focused on helping shape digital production at Free Range VFX to meet the increasing demands of a changing Industry. He continues to share his broad creative experience as a Professor at SVA and continues to promote the growth of creative and collaborative teams of artists.