David Quantic

David Quantic was born and raised in Derby, Kansas - a pathetic excuse for a suburb located under the flight patterns of McConnell Air Force Base's B52 Bombers just outside of Wichita. After graduation, Quantic promptly got the hell out of Kansas and (don't ask why) attended to go to Southern Methodist University (Home of the George W. Bush Library! No, that's not a joke...) in Dallas where he received a BFA in Studio Art. After graduating cum laude, he got the hell out of Texas and moved to New York City where he (barely) survived as a portrait photographer and photographer's assistant. In 1999 Quantic loaded up the pick up truck (chicken coops and all) and drove cross-country to attend UCLA's MFA film directing program. Since graduating in 2004, Dave has continued to produce short films that have appeared in numerous festivals including Palm Springs International Short Festival, Ann Arbor as well as LA's Outfest and Frameline in San Francisco. In 2009, he participated in the Berlinale's Talent Campus and shot his short film, Transatlantic, on location in Berlin using a Nikon D90. Davey was also the cinematographer for VITO, a documentary by Jeffrey Schwarz about the life of legendary queer film historian and AIDS activist Vito Russo, which was shown at the 2011 New York Film Festival and broadcast as part of HBO's 2012 Docs Summer Series. In 2012, Dave completed the short film, "Bakersfield, Earth" starring Missi Pyle, Artemis Pebdani and Ethan Sandler. Based on a feature script, "Bakersfield, Earth" is about Guy Bowman, a cross dressing alien who tries to join an anti-evolution women's group because he's convinced his alien race created humans. If you haven't already guessed, it's a comedy.