While at university in London in the late 80s, David formed a band gigging around the capital and going as far afield as CBGBs in New York and Japan. When the all-elusive recording contract failed to materialise, he jumped at the chance of running at Chrysalis TV where most of the post-production and studio filming was done for MTV. With a love of timing and Tetris, he decided editing could be something he could be good at and soon found himself in the edit suites cutting together programmes for MTV’s new presenters Davina McCall, Trevor Nelson, Zane Lowe, Cat Deely, and Russell Brand. 

In 1997, he moved to Evolutions TV where he started cutting multi-camera live performances for bands at gigs and festivals around the world, including Coldplay, REM, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Who, Foo Fighters, and Kaiser Chiefs. He also moved into comedy, teaming up with Dom Joly to make Trigger Happy TV and going on set to edit The Thick of It. Other credits include Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, The Impression Show, Facejacker, twelve series of The Apprentice, Top Gear, Sound and The F Word. More recently he has onlined eleven series of Taskmaster, seven series of SAS: Who Dares Wins, as well as Race Around the World and The MET: Policing London and 24 Hours in Police Custody.

If not cutting, he can still be found drumming in the band, in the Scottish Highlands, or in his natural habitat at The Groucho Club, with some wine and cheese.

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