David Irving

Director whose professional film credits include Night of the Cyclone (1990) with Kris Kristofferson and Marisa Berenson; C.H.U.D. II (1988) with Robert Vaughn and Gerrit Graham; The Emperor's New Clothes (1987) with Sid Caesar and Robert Morse; Sleeping Beauty (1987) with Morgan Fairchild, Tawnee Welch, and Sylvia Miles; Rumpelstiltskin (1987) with Amy Irving and Billy Barty; Goodbye, Cruel World (1983) with Dick Shawn and Cynthia Sikes. Documentary credits include Romare Bearden: Visual Jazz (1995); Betye & Alison Saar: Conure Women of the Arts (1994); Jacob Lawrence: The Glory of Expression (1993); Dr. Lorraine Hale: Alive with Love (1992); Robert Colescott: The One-Two Punch (1992); Faith Ringgold: The Last Story Quilt (1991); The Walker Cup (1991) for the United States Golf Association. Theatre directing credits include Home Remedies (1982) by Paul Minx for the Actor's Outlet; The Man Who Killed the Buddha (1981) by Martin Epstein for the Los Angeles Odyssey Theater; The Skin of Our Teeth (1981) by Thornton Wilder for the Beverly Hills Playhouse; Action (1990) by Sam Shepard for the Pilot Theater. Credits as producer in film include Home Free All (1982) with Alan Nicholls and The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1975) with Claudia Jennings for New World Pictures. Screenplay credits include Rumpelstiltskin; The Emperor's New Clothes; The Secret of the Lost Valley (1980).  He has won numerous awards including the Bronze Chris Award for Jacob Lawrence; the Cine Golden Eagle for Faith Ringgold; the L.A. Weekly Award for Direction for The Man Who Killed the Buddha, the Dramalogue Award for Direction for Action, and the Writers Guild of America Award for The Secret of the Lost Valley. Recipent of an American Institute intern grant to work with Robert Wise on The Hindenburg (Universal Pictures).  

Author of award winning textbook; Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video, http://www.focalpress.com/books/details/9780240811741/. Focal Press. 4th edition 2010. 

Publications:

Elements of College Teaching; Atwood Press 2011
http://www.atwoodpublishing.com/books/330.htm

Fundamentals of Film Directing; MacFarland Press 2010
http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2010/04/15/fundamentals_of_film.html

http://www.elementsofcollegeteaching.com/SCT/Mission.html

COURSES:

Intermediate Narrative Production
Sight & Sound Film
Advanced Production
Senior Colloquium
Producing for Film

EDUCATION:

B.F.A., Denison University
M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts.