David Dillehunt
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 On the set of Slapjack in 2006. |
David Nelson Dillehunt (born April 5, 1984 in Charlottesville, Virginia) is a Telly Award-winning independent filmmaker, television producer, actor and singer. Known mostly for his feature films, other noteworthy projects include several sketch comedy pilots featuring his improv comedy troupe, Brainless Horseman and a debut album currently in development.
[edit] Biography
An avid fan of the classic Nickelodeon programs You Can't Do That on Television and Double Dare, David Dillehunt completed his first film in 1992 at the age of 7. Entitled Teen Life, this short film followed his older sister Lori and their next-door neighbor Lindsey. That same year, he wrote and recorded his first song, Sold Out.
After completing more than fifteen feature-length movies in VHS form, he produced his first digital feature in 2003, an experimental film entitled If I Were You. Although it was entered into the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, it never gained a wide audience. In August of the same year, his debut feature Eviternity was entered into the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. The film later received honorable mention from the 2004 Videographer Awards.
In July 2004, Dillehunt co-wrote, edited, produced and directed the reunion episode of You Can't Do That on Television in Ottawa, Canada. The program featured five of the original cast members and was the first new episode in more than 14 years. Serving as the official series finale, it was the final production ever made in Studio D at CJOH-TV, the same studio where the show was produced from 1979 to 1990.
Dillehunt's feature-length documentary, You Can't Do That on Film, was produced in the fall of 2004 and has not yet been released, as it awaits possible national distribution. The film, featuring original interviews with nearly two dozen cast and crew members from You Can't Do That on Television, received honors from the 2005 Telly Awards and the 2005 Videographer Awards.
Dillehunt is the President and CEO of DND Films, Inc., an independent production company he founded in 2003. He is a member of the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE), and is currently working on several major television pilots, digital feature films and the aforementioned debut album inspired by his own experiences in life.
[edit] Trivia
- Interviewed legendary Canadian actor Les Lye in 2004, at his former home in Kanata, Ontario. Though roughly 50 minutes in length, portions of this landmark interview can be found in Dillehunt's forthcoming documentary You Can't Do That on Film.
- Featured in two separate articles (1999 and 2001) for The Patriot, a student-produced newspaper in Charlottesville, Virginia.
- Dillehunt's improv sketch comedy troupe Brainless Horseman is now in its seventh year. Dillehunt and friend Jeremy Johnson formed their group in November 1999 and member Chris Simmons, Jr. was inducted in 2003. Other actors occasionally appear in their television programs.
