David Kenneth Irving (born September 25, 1949) is an American film
director, screenwriter, author, and professor. He is the son of Jules
Irving and Priscilla Pointer. His father is of Russian-Jewish descent.
His accolades include the 1981 Writer's Guild of America Award for
Television: Best Children's Script.Irving was born in Santa Clara
County, California. He has two siblings, actress Amy Irving and Katie
Irving He spent his childhood in San Francisco, where he was active in
local theater. The family then relocated to New York City. Irving
attended high school at Riverdale School for Boys. He earned a BFA
from Denison University and an MFA from California Institute of the
Arts.Irving began his career as a screenwriter, director and producer
of movies. He also directed numerous theatrical plays. He then moved
on to writing and directing documentary shorts. He co-wrote the
textbook Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video along with
Peter W. Rea. The book is the only text on short film creation to
focus on the importance of symbiosis between producer and director. It
was originally released in 1995, and is in its 5th edition as of 2019.
In 2008, it was announced that he would serve as head of NYU's Tisch
Asia graduate film department. In 2010, Irving wrote another textbook
entitled Fundamentals of Film Directing. In 2011, he published another
textbook entitled Elements of College Teaching. He served as the chair
of New York University's Tisch School of Arts Film and Television
program for both the undergraduate and graduate schools for over seven
years. He then wrote a novel, Sleep 101: The Odd Rise of Doctor Louise
Pond, PhD, which explores the inner workings of academia. This was
followed up with Sleep 201: The Further Adventures of Dr. Louise Pond
and Sleep 301: Dr. Louise Pond and the Spunky Monkey.As of 2019,
Irving works as an associate professor at NYU's Tisch School of the
Arts. In 2007, he received the NYU David Payne Carter Award for
Teaching Excellence.
director, screenwriter, author, and professor. He is the son of Jules
Irving and Priscilla Pointer. His father is of Russian-Jewish descent.
His accolades include the 1981 Writer's Guild of America Award for
Television: Best Children's Script.Irving was born in Santa Clara
County, California. He has two siblings, actress Amy Irving and Katie
Irving He spent his childhood in San Francisco, where he was active in
local theater. The family then relocated to New York City. Irving
attended high school at Riverdale School for Boys. He earned a BFA
from Denison University and an MFA from California Institute of the
Arts.Irving began his career as a screenwriter, director and producer
of movies. He also directed numerous theatrical plays. He then moved
on to writing and directing documentary shorts. He co-wrote the
textbook Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video along with
Peter W. Rea. The book is the only text on short film creation to
focus on the importance of symbiosis between producer and director. It
was originally released in 1995, and is in its 5th edition as of 2019.
In 2008, it was announced that he would serve as head of NYU's Tisch
Asia graduate film department. In 2010, Irving wrote another textbook
entitled Fundamentals of Film Directing. In 2011, he published another
textbook entitled Elements of College Teaching. He served as the chair
of New York University's Tisch School of Arts Film and Television
program for both the undergraduate and graduate schools for over seven
years. He then wrote a novel, Sleep 101: The Odd Rise of Doctor Louise
Pond, PhD, which explores the inner workings of academia. This was
followed up with Sleep 201: The Further Adventures of Dr. Louise Pond
and Sleep 301: Dr. Louise Pond and the Spunky Monkey.As of 2019,
Irving works as an associate professor at NYU's Tisch School of the
Arts. In 2007, he received the NYU David Payne Carter Award for
Teaching Excellence.
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