David K. Irving is currently an
Associate Professor in the Film and Television program at New York
University's Tisch School of the Arts. David recently was Chair of
the Graduate Film Program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Asia
in Singapore. Prior to that he was Chair of both the Undergraduate
and Graduate Film Programs at NYU in New York.
He has directed six feature
films, including Night of the Cyclone with Kris
Kristofferson and Marisa Berenson; C.H.U.D. II with Robert Vaughn and Gerrit
Graham; The Emperor's New Clothes with Sid Caesar and Robert
Morse; Sleeping Beauty with Morgan Fairchild, Tawnee Welch,
and Sylvia Miles; Rumpelstiltskin with Amy Irving and Billy Barty;
and Goodbye Cruel World with Dick Shawn and Cynthia Sikes.
David has also written and directed
dozens of documentaries, with special concentration on a series
celebrating African American Painters for L&S Video, including
Jacob Lawrence: The Glory Of Expression; Robert Colescott: The
One-Two Punch; and Faith Ringgold: The Last Story Quilt.
He wrote the screenplays for Rumpelstiltskin, The Emperor's New Clothes, and Walt Disney's
The Secret of the
Lost Valley, for which he won a WGA Award.
In addition, David is the author of
two textbooks: Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video and The Fundamentals of Film Directing.
David recently won the David Payne
Carter Award for Teaching Excellence at the Tisch School of the
Arts.
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