Bio
David William Hopper
David was born in a small town in central Illinois. He moved to the suburbs of Chicago that back-dropped nearly all John Hughes movies where he discovered his love for film. Around the same time, he was given a VHS camera as a Christmas present. He was drawn to the camera like a moth to light. He spent countless weekends making silly movies with friends and family and discovered a potential career. After college with the dream of movies in his head, David followed the advice of Horace Greeley and headed west to California.
Once in Los Angeles, David began a career in film production as a runner for Dick Clark Productions. It was assumed since he was from Illinois that he would know how to drive a truck. David exaggerated his abilities and thought he could fake the skills long enough to learn. Never has learning on the job gone so poorly. Soon after a near car wreck, technically a truck wreck, it was determined he should look for work elsewhere. David took on a slew of production jobs working on a number of forgettable independent films. And, he even worked as a stand-in for Matthew Perry, which might be the most humiliating job in production; he was a human prop. Finally, he landed a job at John Malkovich’s production company, MR. MUDD, working in film development. While working on GHOST WORLD, an academy award nominee, David realized he wanted to serve in a creative position in the production of a film. He left the company to pursue those skills.
He entered the School of Cinematic Arts at U.S.C. to earn his MFA in film production. It was during film school; David discovered his passion for editing which offered two important components to him; collaboration and story telling. After graduating with honors, David began a career as an editor. He has worked on a number of award winning projects that have premiered at some of the most prestigious film festivals in the world.
David lives in the Santa Monica canyon with his lovely wife, two charming girls and a growing menagerie of animals.
Resume
Objective
To collaborate with filmmakers; to create captivating and entertaining content in both the documentary and narrative fields
Current
Below The Belt (stand up special)
Dir: Kevin Heffernan
Stars: Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme
Features
1/1 TBD
Dir: Jeremy Phillips / Prod: Cassidy Lunnen
Stars: Lindsay Shaw, Judd Nelson
Kelly & Cal IFC Films
Dir: Jen McGowan / Prod: Adi Ezroni, Mandy Tagger
Stars: Juliette Lewis, Jonny Weston,
Josh Hopkins and Cybil Sheppard
***SXSW Award-Winning Film 2014***
The Midnight Game Anchor Bay Entertainment
Dir: A.D. Calvo / Prod: AD Calvo, David Eldredge
Stars: Renee Olstead, Spencer Daniels,
Guy Wilson
God Bless America Magnolia Pictures
Dir: Bobcat Goldthwait / Prod: Sean McKittrick, Jeff Culotta
Stars: Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr
Tug Jumpstart Pictures
Dir: Abram Makowka / Prod: Hopwood DePree, Scott Brooks
Stars: Sam Huntington, Zackary Knighton,
Sarah Drew, Wendi McLendon-Covey
Documentaries
In Between Songs Cinema Libre Studio
Dir: Josh Bell / Prod: Josh Bell, August Thurmer
Narrator: James Cromwell
Fat Man Little Boy Netflix Films
Dir: Kevin Heffernan / Prod: Kevin Heffernan
Stars: Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme
From River to Sea Vanguard Cinema
Dir: Susan Fink / Prod: Josh Bell, Susan Fink
Your Turtleneck Is Way Too Tight Rhymesayers, Digital Gypsy
But Them Shoes Ain't Tight AT All
Atmosphere Live at First Ave
Dir: Josh Bell / Prod: Josh Bell, August Thurmer
Shorts / Web
Futurestates: The Dig ITVS
Dir: Bennett Cohen
Touch
Dir: Jen McGowan
The Adventures of Fatty Loud Electus and Tatty
Prod Co: Electus
Dir: Kevin Heffernan
The Quest for G RSA / Gatorade
Dir: Various
Confessions of a Late Bloomer
Dir: Jen McGowan
Misc
13 Keys Productions
Editor
edited sizzle reels, pitch tapes music videos, Behind the Scenes, short films and short docs
Skills
• Member, Motion Picture Editors Guild IATSE Local 700.
• Editing: Proficient with Final Cut Pro, Avid and Premiere
• Web and DVD encoding and authoring.
