Bio:

David Chalker is an Award Winning Filmmaker working in San Francisco. After graduating from Kenyon College with a English degree, he attended film school at the University of Arizona. While there, he wrote and directed two short films, was a coordinator for the Arizona International Film Festival and was a projectionist at the local independent movie theater. Upon moving to SF he took a position as a Scriptwriter and Assistant Editor on a feature documentary called “Unconquering the Last Frontier”. Over the next couple years David paid his dues on set by working in a variety of departments and positions, including production, camera, grip/electric and sound. Since then he has served as First Assistant Director on a multitude of feature films, shorts, music videos and commercials. Recently he has Line Produced several commercials, music videos and a feature film called “Never Die Twice”. As a Director of Photography he has shot commercials, short films and a museum installation called “Carbon 12” which won the 1st Place Artist Award in Dublin at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. His most recent short film, “Hypocrite”, which he wrote, shot, produced and directed, has won several awards at film festivals including the Grand Prize Award at San Francisco International and the Most Innovative Short Film Award at Tiburon International. “Hypocrite” has screened at a dozen more film festivals and is being distributed in Europe and the United States. In between working as a DP, 1st AD and Line Producer, David is a director for the traveling Hip Hop Film Festival and is currently in development on his feature directorial debut titled “Babylon Falling”

Filmography/Awards Info:

The Wrong Door" 1995 16mm Color 5 minutes
"Five After Midnight" 1997 16mm B/W 9 minutes
"Hypocrite" 2002 DV & 35mm Color 14 minutes
Grand Prize Golden Gate Award for Best Bay Area Short --SF Int'l Film Festival
Most Innovative Short Film Award -- Tiburon Int'l Film Festival
Official Selection -- Mill Valley Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, Rhode Island Int'l Film Festival, Palm Springs Int'l Festival of Shorts, One Reel Film Festival (Seattle), Lost Film Festival (Philadelphia), Film Arts Foundation Film Festival, Arizona Int'l Film Festival, LA Freewaves Film Festival.
Market Selection -- Aix-en-Provence, Clermont-Ferrand
Broadcast -- Video i Showcase on KTEH (PBS station in San Jose)





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Hypocrite directed by David Chalker USA, Narrative, 2001, DV, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:14:00 Breathing heavily, the camera eye stalks a woman through the streets.... more info

Compilations containing Hypocrite
	Independent Exposure Exhibition Foggy Nights Edition August 2002 (MC-96)	2002	Not currently available through Microcinema International

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Screening History
Hypocrite
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
El Rio Outdoor Cinema	San Francisco	USA	2002-08-06	Event Details

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