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| Popular As | David Leidy |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Age | 32 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
| Born | July 2, 1991 (Muscatine, Iowa, USA) |
| Birthday | July 2 |
| Town/City | Muscatine, Iowa, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
David Leidy’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.
David Leidy was born in the Year of the Goat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Goat enjoy being alone in their thoughts. They’re creative, thinkers, wanderers, unorganized, high-strung and insecure, and can be anxiety-ridden. They need lots of love, support and reassurance. Appearance is important too. Compatible with Pig or Rabbit.
Director, writer and producer David Leidy is an award winning visual storyteller (Best Director Winner at Action on Film MegaFest and Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards) who dives deep into mystical realms to bring forth metamorphosis.
He is Eidetic Pictures and Palm Vine Media Founder along with being a Founding Member of cinema society Delta Kappa Alpha (DeKA) where Spielberg, Hitchcock and Lucille Ball were members.After receiving coverage from Fox News for premiering his feature documentary Bound in Saint Louis, he gave feedback for such projects as Last Voyage of Demeter and Dandelion Wine to executive producers Mike Medavoy at Phoenix Pictures (Shutter Island) and Kevin Iwashina and Ross Dinerstein at Preferred Content (Jiro Dreams of Sushi).
During this period, he was an assistant for Emmy award winning Best Director Justin Lerner (Automatic Hate, Official Selection at SXSW) who would soon become his mentor. After many published articles as a Staff Writer for Washington Square News and hosting classic cinema screenings and events as DeKA Cinema Literacy and Professional Chair, Leidy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature and Creative Writing minor from NYU College of Arts and Science.
He then audited a theater acting class taught by playwright Lyle Kessler (Orphans starring Alec Baldwin) where SAG and Actors Studio members would perform scenes from Broadway plays that Kessler would workshop.
His films have been awarded, screened, reviewed and distributed domestically in the United States and globally in France, Japan, United Kingdom, Russia, India and Belgium. Aside from Best Director, he has won awards for Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay and Best Editor while his films have been awarded for Best Film Noir of the Year, Best Mystery, Best Crime Drama, Best Thriller and Best Cult Classic Film.
Aside from these awards, they have been Finalists and Official Selections at such festivals as Gold Movie Awards, ARFF Berlin International Awards, Rome Independent Prisma Awards and Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition and have screened in such theaters as Cinemark 18 & XD, Brenden Theatres at Palms Hotel and Laemmle Noho 7.
His films have received such reviews as a "disturbing and visually powerful short film" that "never wastes a second" by Independent Shorts Awards and Cult Critic Film Magazine and "the greatest experimental film I have ever seen [.
..] such an edge of your seat mystery that keeps you guessing at every turn [which] not many directors could bring to life" by Olympus Film Festival judges.
Genre bending. Often rooted deeply in ancient mythology. Mysticism, occultism and the hidden world in general are often brought about thematically and actively throughout his stories. Blending surreal with real. Turn on the dime moments in mood. Dives in and out between honest heartfelt moments and highly stylized, cold and satirical ones without viewers being able to distinguish which is which or drawing a different response per each viewing. Often shows a kaleidoscope of colors and moods in eccentric ways. Covers a vast array of styles, genres, topics and events all linked by underlying motifs sometimes directly connected with the score. Mystery or mythology is often the underlying genre in his stories with noir elements or dark themes in a surreal magical realist style. There are often believable performances that are shaken to emotional extremes for characters through bizarre and often fervent characters and scenarios.
Objects that have been alleged to have metaphysical power over the material world. There is often a contemplation over how much significance the object really has and lure or rejection of its sway over events often causing devastation or enlightenment or both as a result. Drawing a thin line between cultural taboos and norms, scholarly and pulp fiction topics and themes, spiritually and materialistically minded scenes and scientific and pseudoscientific ideas.
Characters having epiphanies about past events or getting karmically tied up in being in a destructive loop. Ouroboros endings.
Multiple overlays throughout sequences and entire films. This technique he often uses for such purposes as (a) conveying an oneiric atmosphere or (b) the interconnectedness of seemingly unrelated things or (c) showing the nature of events as overlapping and cyclically affecting one another rather than linearly or (d) a kinship between two characters or a blend of two or more characters into one a la a reverse worm splitting effect followed by a subsequent loss and confusion over identity or (e) a mix of these. Ebbing and flowing pacing wise between drawn out takes and long dialogue to quick action cuts and overlays with no dialogue.
Deep character muses into nature and space such as staring into water or a bright mirror or screen (playing on reflections of light and reflections on identity and remembering past events) or touching and interacting with flowers dangling from the ceiling or looking up at giant redwoods.
