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"Comedy is pure: If the audience laughs, it works; if it doesn't laugh, it doesn't work. End of discussion."
       -- Robert McKee from "Story"

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Born in New York, Dave's sense of humor comes from Nebraska -- where the cornfields were all ears, Wisconsin, western Canada and the always fun-to-pronounce Flin Flon, Manitoba.

Academics: ... Bachelor of Journalism, University of Nebraska ... Dramatic Scriptwriting, Algonquin College, Ottawa ... (2007) Bachelor of Education, University of Ottawa.

Industry recognition: ... funding for Still Life sitcom pilot from NCTI (Ottawa) ... Honorable mention for The Making of Yellow Snow in CBC's Screen Scribblers contest ... (2005) co-wrote Keeping Brittany with Stu Brumbaugh of Yellow Wood Films in L.A..