David began his career as a production assistant on "Saturday Night Live". He entered the casting field as an assistant and then associate to Mary Goldberg on such films as "Ragtime", "Silkwood" and "Amadeus". David then moved to Los Angeles to team with veteran casting director Lynn Stalmaster on "The Name of the Rose", "The Big Easy" and many other films. Opening his own casting company, David was responsible for assembling the casts of such films as: "The Addams Family", "The War of the Roses", "Fried Green Tomatoes", "My Cousin Vinny", "The Firm", "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Get Shorty", "Romeo + Juliet", "The English Patient", "Men in Black", "My Best Friend's Wedding", and "The Talented Mr. Ripley". In partnership with Richard Hicks, David cast the films "Hairspray", "Lars and the Real Girl", "Recount" (HBO), "The Smurfs" and "Game Change" (HBO), for which they received the 2012 Emmy Award. Most recently, David worked with director Jean-Marc Vallee ('Dallas Buyers Club') casting his film 'Wild' for Fox Searchlight and with Warren Beatty on his upcoming Howard Hughes film. In 2001, David was the recipient of the Hollywood Film Festival Award for Outstanding Career Achievement in the Field of Casting, presented by Sydney Pollack. In October 2002, Baz Luhrmann presented him with an Honorary Career Achievement Award from the Casting Society of America.
The English Patient
(Casting)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
(Casting)
Romeo + Juliet
(Casting)
Men in Black
(Casting)
Cold Mountain
(Casting)
Addams Family Values
(Casting)
Spaceballs
(Casting)
Days of Thunder
(Casting)
Igby Goes Down
(Executive Producer)
Let's Go to Prison
(Casting)
Charlotte's Web
(Casting)
Consenting Adult
(Casting)
Where the Crawdads Sing
(Casting)
Real Steel
(Casting)
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
(Casting)
Gravity
(Casting)
Lars and the Real Girl
(Casting)
CrissCross
(Casting)
The War of the Roses
(Casting)
Spread
(Casting)
My Best Friend's Wedding
(Casting)
The Name of the Rose
(Casting)
Waterworld
(Casting)
Fallen
(Casting)
The In Crowd
(Casting)
Luckiest Girl Alive
(Casting)
Little Nikita
(Casting)
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
(Casting)
Random Hearts
(Casting)
The Firm
(Casting)
Snow Falling on Cedars
(Casting)
Wild
(Casting)
Men Don't Leave
(Casting Director)
Fried Green Tomatoes
(Casting Director)
Sabrina
(Casting)
Less Than Zero
(Casting)
Mascots
(Casting)
Get Shorty
(Casting)
The Smurfs
(Casting)
Out on the Edge
(Casting)
Delirious
(Casting)
The Nightman
(Casting)
Hoffa
(Casting)
Mr. Wonderful
(Casting)
The Last Seduction
(Casting)
Ghost in the Machine
(Casting)
City of Ember
(Casting)
Trumbo
(Casting)
Yes Man
(Casting)
Red Corner
(Casting)
The Negotiator
(Casting)
Scrooged
(Casting)
Strange Magic
(Casting)
Amadeus
(Casting Associate)
Wilson
(Casting)
My Cousin Vinny
(Casting)
Love, Mary
(Casting Associate)
Frank
(Casting Director)
Rules Don't Apply
(Casting)
The Marc Pease Experience
(Producer)
Charlie Bartlett
(Casting)
Real Men
(Casting)
The War
(Casting Director)
Up Close & Personal
(Casting Director)
The Back-Up Plan
(Casting)
On the Road
(Casting)
Walking with Dinosaurs
(Additional Casting)
Intimate Encounters
(Casting)
The Best of Times
(Casting)
Alex Strangelove
(Casting)
For Your Consideration
(Casting)
Blow Dry
(Producer)
Matilda
(Casting)
The Beanie Bubble
(Casting)
Cat People
(Casting Assistant)
White Sands
(Casting)
Gifted
(Casting)
Men in Black: International
(Casting)
The Big Easy
(Casting)
The Smurfs 2
(Casting)
In Her Shoes
(Casting)
Wild Wild West
(Casting)
Albino Alligator
(Casting)
Hurlyburly
(Casting)
The King of Staten Island
(Casting)
Recount
(Casting)
Hairspray
(Casting Director)
Naked Tango
(Casting Director)
Gypsy
(Casting Director)
Cadillac Man
(Casting Director)
Lawn Dogs
(Casting Director)
The Addams Family
(Casting Director)
Final Analysis
(Casting Director)
All the Way
(Casting Director)
Game Change
(Casting Director)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
(Casting)
City of Angels
(Casting)
Notting Hill
(Casting Consultant)
The Spirit
(Casting)
The Gamekillers
(Producer)
Nine Perfect Strangers
(Casting)
PIECES OF HER
(Casting)
Sharp Objects
(Casting)
Little Fires Everywhere
(Casting)
Expats
(Casting)
Welcome to Chippendales
(Casting Director)
The Spencer Sisters
(Casting)
Apples Never Fall
(Casting)