David was born in Alameda, California, was raised in the East San Francisco Bay, and later moved to Mendocino County, where he appeared in his first professional acting job, as a young teen in a series of Yamaha commercials in the early 1970s, with Patsy Garrett.In 1975-6, he moved to Southern California where he auditioned and was accepted into the first class of what is now known as the LACC "Theatre Academy", for their acting program.He has appeared in several Equity waiver plays, and currently directs, edits and produces independent projects at his home in Studio City. David has also hosted numerous acting classes and workshops at his home studio with acting coaches, Al Ruscio and Alan Vint.After a long career in software development working for companies like Columbia Pictures, Technicolor and Entertainment Partners (where he worked as a member of the development team on Vista, the location accounting package), David turned his eye to filmmaking and has since, made a career change to full-time filmmaking.He is currently a certified Avid and ProTools editor, and has also worked as an Avid service rep, building, repairing and installing Avid systems for numerous post-production facilities in the Hollywodd area.His current projects includes a documentary on his father-in-law, retired US Army Colonel Richard "Rawhide" Boland, who was the notorious commander of the 173rd Airborne Brigade (aka "The Herd") at Camp Kubisaki, Okinawa during the Vietnam conflict.
