David Zennie

David Zennie
Born	David Anthony Zennie May 3, 1988 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Director, Film-Maker
Website	http://www.davidzennie.com

David Zennie (born May 3, 1988) is an award winning director and Producer best known for his creative storytelling and cinematic shooting style as well as his acclaimed music video work with international artists such as Yo Yo Honey Singh,and Mohammed Assaf. He currently splits his time between Los Angeles, California and Dubai, U.A.E.

Zennie was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and was drawn to filmmaking at a very young age. After winning a national competition at the age of 14, he directed his first television commercial for Wrigley’s Chewing Gum which was shown across the United States on MTV and Comedy Central. After graduating early from Lakota East High School he went on to study film at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Zennie directed many of the Middle East's first Hip Hop music videos starting in 2008; several of them reached #1 on MTV Arabia’s International Express Chart. In 2011 he crossed over to the Desi market directing a music video for up and coming Indian rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh.The video for the song Brown Rang showcased the lavishness of Dubai with Zennie’s creative vision, styling, and marketing experience in artist branding being instrumental in the success of the video.

After the tremendous success of Brown Rang, Zennie was asked to direct the music video for the song Long Drive for the feature film Khiladi 786 starring Bollywood action superstar Akshay Kumar and Asin Thottumkal. In 2013 Zennie was selected by Chrysler to direct their latest television commercial for the Chrysler 300C featuring the Beats By Dr. Dre speaker option. The commercial titled “A Salute to the Driven Class” featured Emirati entertainment personality DJ Bliss.

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