David Myers
David Myers
- First: David
- Last: Myers
- Born: 8 May 1914
- Died: 26 August 2004
- Occupation: Filmmaker
Bio
- Born
- 8 May 1914, Auburn, New York, USA.
- Died
- 26 August 2004, Marin County, Calif., USA.
- Career
While working in an Antioch College student work program with the Farm Security Administration in Washington, he shot a photo essay on federal civil servants. When the USA entered World War II in 1941, he declared himself a conscientious objector. He was put to work planting trees for the US Forest Service, then worked at a mental hospital in Spokane, Washington, where he photographed incoming patients. After the war, he continued his career as a still photographer until 1954 when one of his friends, the photographer Imogen Cunningham, was asked to make a short film, and told the producers that she would not make it without Myers, thus starting his career in movies. He quickly displayed a unique flair for capturing real-life events on film, and in the 1960s he was considered one of the pioneers of the cinéma vérité movement. Also made doc's all over the world for the United Nations and the National Geographic Society. Co- photographer Richard Nixon's presidential campaign [1968].
- Awards
- Mill Valley Creative Achievement Award [1998].
Select Filmography
Appeared in the doc's 'Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138 [2003, George Lucas] & 'Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138 [2003, Gary Leva].