A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Washington, DC
Dave is currently a Production Executive at Chris Meledandri's Illumination Entertainment and has been with the company since its inception. The company's films have become some of Universal Studios most profitable of all time. Previously, Dave was at Dreamworks and an Executive Producer for Screen Imagination Agency (SIA) in Eastern Europe. Dave's directorial debut, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was also Josh Duhamel's acting debut. Dave earned dual degrees (BSBA and BA) from the University of Richmond in Virginia where was presented the University's highest award, The University Mace. He also holds a Masters Degree in Producing from the American Film Institute (AFI). Dave was born in Washington, DC and is one of the only members of his family to not work for the U.S. Government.
Director:
2005 The Picture of Dorian Gray
2021 Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Executive In Charge Of Production:
2005 The Picture of Dorian Gray
2010 Despicable Me
2021 Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Executive Producer:
2005 The Picture of Dorian Gray
2010 Despicable Me
2021 Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Producer:
2005 The Picture of Dorian Gray
2010 Despicable Me
2021 Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
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???? Hitpig
Production Manager:
2005 The Picture of Dorian Gray
2010 Despicable Me
2018 The Grinch
2021 Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
???? Animal Farm
???? Hitpig
Screenplay:
2005 The Picture of Dorian Gray
2010 Despicable Me
2018 The Grinch
2021 Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
???? Animal Farm
???? Hitpig
Script Supervisor:
2005 The Picture of Dorian Gray
2010 Despicable Me
2016 The Secret Life of Pets
2018 The Grinch
2021 Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
???? Animal Farm
???? Hitpig
Story Supervisor:
2005 The Picture of Dorian Gray
2010 Despicable Me
2015 Minions
2016 The Secret Life of Pets
2018 The Grinch
2021 Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
???? Animal Farm
???? Hitpig
Unit Manager:
2005 Madagascar
2005 The Picture of Dorian Gray
2010 Despicable Me
2015 Minions
2016 The Secret Life of Pets
2018 The Grinch
2021 Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
???? Animal Farm
???? Hitpig
Writer:
2005 Madagascar
2005 The Picture of Dorian Gray
2010 Despicable Me
2015 Minions
2016 Mower Minions
2016 The Secret Life of Pets
2018 The Grinch
2021 Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2022 Minions & More Volume 2
2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
???? Animal Farm
???? Hitpig
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Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.