A writer, director, and editor, has made four independent feature films: Last Exit, No Right Turn, Bakerman and Vincent.[4] These films have been launched around the world.[5][6]
The latest feature film Bakerman was officially selected to screen at CPH:PIX,[7] DIFF 2017,[8] Filmfest Munich 2017,[9] Scandinavian International Film Festival,[10]Richard Harris International Film Festival[11] and the Lund International Fantastic Film Festival[12] and screened exclusively in NEW YORK at the Nordic International Film Festival[13] where Bakerman's lead actor Mikkel Vadsholt won the Best Actor Award[14] for the portrayal of the character Jens in the lead role.
The director announced in an interview with film magazine Cinema Scandinavia he is making a science fiction film,[15] although next film is called Vincent, a coming-of-age mystery thriller.[16]
Background
Born to Irish parents, he grew up a big fan of cult, alternative movies.[17] A spec screenwriter for many years, recently he has got more and more involved in the other processes of filmmaking including acting, shooting, editing and directing. The micro-budget movie Last Exit was his feature debut; very much an underground/exploitation movie and he admits, “not for everyone”, proved a surprise critical and financial success for such an experimental little movie and was distributed worldwide.[18] After gaining more experience directing short movies and commercials, David’s second feature film released as writer and director the edgy retro-thriller "No Right Turn".[19] His new film Bakerman is currently on a film festival tour with several official screenings already in 2017. Bakerman was developed from one of his previous projects called "White Pig".[20] He also contributes as a columnist for Copenhagen Post newspaper, often detailing the challenges of making independent movies.[21][22]
Early cult films
The debut movie Last Exit, a low budget underground movie in 2003[23] which was officially released in the US and Europe.[24] The more ambitious, retro-thriller[25] called No Right Turn[26] officially premiered at the CPH:PIX film festival 2009,[27] where the film was nominated to screen twice in the new Danish Talent category.[28]No Right Turn was officially released in the US[29] and in Denmark and Sweden to critical acclaim.[30][31]
Bakerman (2016)
Bakerman, his third most accomplished independent feature film project,[32][33] the gritty character drama had its world premier at Denmark's biggest film festival CPH:PIX 2016.[34] The official Irish premier is Dingle International Film Festival (DIFF) 2017[35] where the director also participated in a special Independent Journey panel to discuss the making of this feature film along with other filmmakers.[36]
Bakerman was officially selected at Filmfest Munich 2017,[37] which after Berlinale is the biggest film festival in Germany[38] the film participated in the international independents section of the festival program.[39] In addition, the director was part of Filmmakers Live - a special filmmakers panels event[40] which featured at the festival and included many notable filmmakers including Bryan Cranston and Sofia Coppola.[41][42]
Other notable film festivals that invited the film for exclusive screenings include the Scandinavian International Film Festival,[43] the Richard Harris International Film Festival[44] and the Lund International Fantastic Film Festival[45] where it was officially nominated Méliès d'argent Award for Best Feature Film.[46]
In 2018, the director won the Best Foreign Film award for Bakerman at the Maryland International film festival.[47][48][49]
