David Moxness

Biography

David was born in Jasper, Alberta, and moved to British Columbia's beautiful Okanagan Valley at the age of three.

His start in the film industry came, as he likes to say, "at age 11; no, not as a child actor promoting the latest cereal or fancy new toy, but with his father's 8mm camera". David made all kinds of home movies growing up. Many "productions" were very involved requiring scores of neighborhood kids and "raiding" his mother's makeup cabinet to acquire the necessary materials to fake a black eye or mix a jar of "stage blood". 

No one will ever forget the day the dummy was thrown from the cliff and the "neighbor lady" called the authorities thinking someone had fallen! As everyone got older it became more difficult to convince friends to be actors on screen. 

Inspired by many animators working for The National Film Board of Canada, David turned to making animated films. With friends, David made a plasticine animation called "The Salesman". Their hard work paid off and in 1978 were awarded first place in the British Columbia Student Film Festival.

In the fall of 2007, David went back in time to shoot the feature film Alien Trespass. A 1950s-styled sci-fi picture produced and directed by Robert Goodwin (X-Files and Fugitive television series) starring Eric McCormack (Will & Grace), Jenni Baird (4400), Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) and Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years).

Shooting in 2008 started immediately for David shooting the television pilot The Cody Rivers Show collaborating once again with Robert Goodwin. David followed that shooting the television movie Spectacular for Nickelodeon directed by Robert Iscove. 

David's 2008 summer was filled with dragons, humans, goblins, and elves shooting a 4-hour medieval mini-series for RHI Entertainment titled Dragons Of Black Roc (Knights Of Bloodsteel) directed by Philip Spink. David's busy year finished with him in Toronto shooting 5 episodes of The Listener for NBC.