David Devine (director)
| David Devine | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Devine Toronto, Canada |
| Alma mater |
Victoria College, University of Toronto, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television |
| Occupation | Film director producer & original content creator |
| Years active | 1979–2017 |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Devine (1 daughter) |
David Devine is a film director and producer. He is a creator of original content for film, television and digital media. He has been the CEO of both public and private companies. His 19 HBO Original films have received 12 EMMY Award nominations (winning 5) and 22 Canadian Screen Award nominations (winning 6) amongst a total of 80 worldwide film awards. Highlights of his directing career include Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Einstein: Light to the Power of Two, Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants, Degas and the Dancer, Edison: The Wizard of Light and Bailey's Billion$. David has also been a hands-on creator and producer of 16 symphonic soundtracks for his films and 6 CDs distributed on the SONY Classical label. David has been focused on addressing important creative, social and cultural issues in his films and digital media throughout his directing and producing career. By January, 2017 his films had been broadcast in over 110 countries and 3.6M DVDs had been sold. 600,000 of these DVDs have been used by teachers in elementary and middle school classrooms from 2004 to 2017 in the U.S. and Canada and over 800,000 DVDs have been sold to U.S. parents of elementary and middle school aged home schoolers.
David Devine was born in Toronto, Ontario. He is the son of Hugh Brian and Beverley (née Brown) Devine. His father emigrated from Belfast to Toronto. He attended Northview Heights Collegiate Institute. In the late1960s, he showed an aptitude for playing music.
Devine attended Victoria College in the University of Toronto, where he studied with his literary hero, Professor Northrop Frye. Devine graduated with a B.A. in 1976. As a student he was the editor of the University Newspaper, The Strand.
He started his career working for CBC Television as an investigative researcher on the television shows: The Ombudsman and The Fifth Estate. He then returned to university to pursue his graduate degree at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, graduating with an MFA. Devine attended lectures with Eugène Ionesco at the UCLA Theatre school. He also attended classes at the UCLA Anderson School of Management studying entertainment business with Peter Guber, Sir Alan Parker, Lord David Puttnam and Robert Bookman. Devine's Project Three film at UCLA, co-produced and co-directed with creative partner Lon Diamond, starred Robin Williams and David Letterman. David's UCLA thesis film, Jeeves Takes Charge, was optioned from Andrew Lloyd Webber and choreographed by Gillian Lynne.
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