David Davidson (born February 15, 1953) is an American film director. His films, focusing primarily on music, the arts and African-American culture have been broadcast nationally on PBS and on international television. He is best known for ''A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School'', and ''HANS RICHTER: Everything Turns – Everything Revolves''.Genzlinger, Neil. ''The New York Times''. Hinckley, David. ''Daily News''.

Early life and education

Davidson was born on the South Side of

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in 1953. Subsequently, his parents moved to

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, New York and eventually back to the Southern Suburbs of

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, where he graduated from high school. At that time Davidson's father passed his 16mm

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camera on to him and he started experimenting with film. Davidson studied at

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, majoring first in

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then moving to an independent study degree program in Film under Julius Rascheff and photography with Art Sinsabaugh. After receiving his BA, Davidson worked as a news photographer for WCIA Television and in 1978 was accepted to the

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Graduate Institute of Film and Television, where he received The Warner Fellowship.

References

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