Summary

David is a veteran writer-producer-actor who has produced and/or acted in over 200 hours of broadcast programming for such networks as Discovery, History and Spike. He has also provided voiceovers to various films, TV series and advertising campaigns.

Credits

3/18 – 6/18

Associate Producer Battlefish (Season 1)

Netflix — TV — Pilgrim Studios Details
3/18 – 6/18

Edited stringouts, conducted background research on fishing and helped EP edit storylines.

5/16 – 5/17

Development Producer Carmageddon (Pilot)

Paramount Network — TV — ThinkFactory Media Details
5/16 – 5/17

Research, wrote and produced pilot about remote control cars driving through a live fire obstacle course.

9/16 – 1/17

Story Producer (Post) Preached (Season 1)

Go90 — TV — ThinkFactory Media Details
9/16 – 1/17

Put together stringouts on Avid for docureality series about a "cool" street preacher in Boston area.

7/15 – 7/16

Director of Development

Staff Position — Eyeboogie Details
7/15 – 7/16

Scout talent; write pitches/proposals/treatments/decks; produce, direct & edit sizzle reels.

8/14 – 7/15

Development Producer

Staff Position — Indigo Films Details
8/14 – 7/15

Scout talent; write pitches/proposals/treatments/decks; produce, direct & edit sizzle reels.

3/14 – 8/14

Producer Sex Sent Me to the Slammer (Season 1)

Investigation Discovery — TV — Indigo Films
3/14 – 8/14
6/12 – 2/14

Producer Families of Marin County (Season 1)

TV — Indigo Films
6/12 – 2/14
2/12 – 5/12

Producer True Believers

Discovery
2/12 – 5/12

Orgs

  • Television Academy (ATAS)
  • SAG-AFTRA

Media

  • https://vimeo.com/davidballardactor/download/328775456/3bf3c2c81e

Recos

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Education

Class of '82

SF Art Institute

Film
Class of '80

UC Berkeley

Comparative Literature

My Gear

  • Macbook Pro
  • iPhone

Skills

  • Avid
  • Directing
  • Field Production
  • Development
  • Research
  • Interviews
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Post-Production
  • sizzle reels
  • Writing pitches
  • Studio Production
  • Host reels
  • Pitch tapes
  • Rights & Clearance
  • Talent reels
  • Writing 2-column documentary/reality scripts