Arvind Ethan David, (born 21 February 1975) is a Malaysian-born, British

film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

, founder of Slingshot Productions, and Principal of Prodigal Entertainment. He is best known for producing a stage musical of ''

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'', based on the album by

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, and the American adaptation of Douglas Adams'

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comedy novel series ''

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'' on

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, which premiered in October 2016. Other feature films he has produced include '' Tormented'' starring

Alex Pettyfer Alexander Richard Pettyfer (born 10 April 1990) is a British actor and model. He appeared in school plays and on television before being cast as Alex Rider, the main character in the 2006 film version of ''Stormbreaker''. Pettyfer was nominated ...

and ''

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'' starring

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and

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football legend

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- with the latter winning Best Actor for Bonneville and Best Screenplay for Aschlin Ditta at the 2008 Monte Carlo Film Festival.

Slingshot Productions

David founded film production and finance company Slingshot in 2005 in partnership with Norwegian venture capitalist

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. They were soon being viewed as dynamic entrepreneurs by respected trades such as

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, as the company quickly established itself as a notable player in the UK film scene. Slingshot has produced and co-financed five movies in the subsequent five years. They secured co-financing for '' Tormented'' with BBC Films and Screen West Midlands, and a distribution partnership with Pathe and Warner Bros.

Life and career

David is a graduate of

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and

London Business School London Business School (LBS) is a business school and a constituent college of the federal University of London. LBS was founded in 1964 and awards post-graduate degrees (Master's degrees in management and finance, MBA and PhD). Its motto is " ...

, and is also a qualified

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. David is currently the Principal of Prodigal, an entertainment company based in Los Angeles, California that tells stories across television, film, comics, audio plays, and theatre. Prior to Prodigal, David served as the Executive Director of Ideate Media, a production and financing company with offices in Los Angeles and Kuala Lumpur.

Television

David produced the American adaptation of Douglas Adams'

comedy novel series ''

'', which aired on

and is streaming on

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and

Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...

. David is also co-creator/showrunner of Knights of the Borrowed Dark, based on the novels by Dave Rudden, and is adapting his and Mike Carey’s comic series, Darkness Visible, for Intrepid Pictures and IDW Entertainment. He also is writing on Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys for Amazon. David was executive producer for #While We Breathe: A Night of Creative Protest, a benefit for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc and The Bail Project, Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity (BOLD), BYP100 Education Fund, Forced Trajectory Project (FTP), The Justice Committee, and SONG which aired on Youtube in 2020.

Writing

As a writer, he has published several short stories, and co-wrote an essay with English comedian

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for ''

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''.

Comics

David has written two monthly comic series for

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, including '' Darkness Visible'', the title he co-created with novelist Mike Carey (''

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'', ''

The Girl with All the Gifts ''The Girl with All the Gifts'' is a science-fiction novel by M. R. Carey, published in June 2014 by Orbit Books. It is based on his 2013 Edgar Award-nominated short story ''Iphigenia In Aulis'' and was written concurrently with the screenplay ...

'') David is currently writing a graphic novel for Ted Adams’ Clover Press called Gray that is based on Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Theatre

David produced a stage musical of ''

'', based on the album by

, written by Academy Award winner

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and directed by Tony Award winner

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. The musical opened on Broadway in December 2019. He has also seen recognition as a

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, winning Best Adaptation for ''

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'' at the 28th LA Weekly Theater Awards (2007), based on the character created by

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Broadway Wine Club

David founded Broadway Wine Club, a subscription service that offers members exclusive access to small-batch vintages, packaged with collectible labels by theatre designers.

Other work

David is a partner in projects with Hatch Escapes, together they are launching Mother of Frankenstein, a table-top Escape Room in a Box game inspired by the novel Frankenstein and are in production on an escape room called The Ladder which is set to open in 2020.

Filmography

* '' Sugarhouse'' (2007, directed by

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) * ''

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'' (2008, directed by Vito Rocco) * ''

'' (2008, directed by Jackie Oudney) * '' Tormented'' (2009, directed by

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) * '' The Infidel'' (2010, written by

and directed by

Josh Appignanesi Josh Appignanesi (born 1975) is a British film director, producer, and screenwriter. Appignanesi is best known for the feature film '' Song of Songs'' (2006), starring Natalie Press, which he directed, co-wrote and co-produced. The film won several ...

) * '' Tombiruo: Penunggu Rimba'' (2017, directed by

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)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:David, Arvind Ethan 1975 births English film producers Living people Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford