About
David Joshua Ford is a film & television director based in New York.
His work deals with themes such as human relationships, cross-cultural encounters and social imbalances. David’s visual style often favours heightened realism, with bold colours and contrasts, and narratives which transcend the ordinary world without becoming sentimental.
Ironically, David didn’t have a TV set until the age of 12. A trip to the cinema was a luxury. Born in Canberra, Australia, to an English teacher father and psychologist mother, it was literature that stirred his imagination, and as an avid reader, his desire to understand the world through story grew. 
Directing graduate of the prestigious Australian Film Television and Radio School, David’s featured film Entwined is a musical drama depicting the romance between an Australian boy and an Indian international student. His 2010 documentary Lillie portrays the unshattered world of a four year old girl raised by two women and is currently on the festival circuit.
David transferred on an international exchange scholarship to the University of Regina in Canada in 2005. International travel shaped David’s outlook and career, culminating in directing and narrating Children With Hope, a one-hour Foxtel documentary about his first impressions of a Mozambican orphanage in 2006. His photographic work was part of the Parliament House exhibition Create to Advocate. His film A Little Bit Of Magic won Australian Story’s decennial competition for his portrayal of the chief policy advisor on gun control legislation following the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre.
In 2008 David was a travel presenter and filmmaker with the ABC2 Fanging It series. David also co-hosted Scout, a music TV show broadcast on Channel 31 in Australia from 2007-2009.
More recently, David was the web-video director for Jim Sharman’s Cosi fan tutte with Opera Australia, highlighting David’s on-going interest in directing social media projects. Following that success, David was a guest speaker at Revealing the Arts, a conference hosted by the ABC and the Australia Council for the Arts which brought the nation’s leading arts organisations together to discuss the future of the arts in the digital era.
Different World by Denis Carnahan (2011), music video, Misc and Blarter Productions Ferdinand the Third (2011), short film Entwined MV (2011), music video, Australian Film Television and Radio School Entwined (2011) short film, Australian Film Television and Radio School Lillie (2010) documentary, Australian Film Television and Radio School Sacred Space (2006) short film, Hope Awards, Foxtel’s Aurora Black Stump Music Festival (2003, 2005) outside broadcast multi-camera director A Bar Romance (2005) short film, Canada Ozhelp Foundation (2004) documentary dramatisation Alany (2000) short film (Canberra International Short Film Festival) Ferdinand the Third (2011), short film Cosi fan tutte (2009), Opera Australia, Dir: Jim Sharman …. “AussieCosi” social media campaign producer Scout TV (2007-pres) Channel 31 Millennium Development Goals (2009) Oaktree Foundation in East Timor Kickstart Promotions (2008) MTV Australia HLV & Voices for Justice (2008) corporate advertisement & documentary, Micah Challenge Australia Schools 4 Schools (2008) half-hour documentary, The Oaktree Foundation in South Africa A Little Bit Of Magic (2006) documentary, Stateline, ABC Children With Hope (2006) feature documentary, Foxtel’s ACC Soup Kitchen (2001) documentary, SBS Diabetes Australia (2010) Create to Advocate (2008) Exhibited in Parliament House Sony Tropfest 08 (2008) Spin Communications Australia’s Search for a Plus-Size Model (2008) City Chic J Farren-Price Jewelry (2008) Millennium Development Goals (2008) Oaktree Foundation in East Timor Schools 4 Schools Documentary (2008) The Oaktree Foundation in South Africa Scout TV (2007) Channel 31 Travel Photography 2007: South America, North America, Europe and Africa. Mozambique (2005) photographic installation, Canberra The Voss Journey (2009), P2 documentary coverage, National Film and Sound Archives, Canberra Schools 4 Schools (2008) The Oaktree Foundation in South Africa Millennium Development Goals (2008) Oaktree Foundation in East Timor Circular (2005) 16mm short film, Canada NSW Origin Legends Blue Tie Ball Fundraiser (2011) Scout TV (2007-2009) Music Television Show Host, Channel 31 Fanging It (2009) Travel Presenter, ABC2 Cosi fan tutte (2009), Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House, Melbourne State Theatre, Dir: Jim Sharman …. Wedding Videographer Blue Justice (2009) short film …. Antoine Dreaming Across (2009) short film …. William My Masterpiece (2009) short film …. Main Character Some Kind Of Real (2008) TV pilot …. Hugh 50 Years of Television (2006) ABC documentary reenactment …. board room member The Novelists’ Hit (2005) short film …. the hitman The Morning Show, Channel 7 (2010) Men’s Health segment Maybelline International (2009) TVC …. Love Interest Commonwealth Bank Commercial (2009) photographic campaign UK Hairdresser of the Year Awards (2008) photographic campaign American Crew (2008) photographic campaign News (2007-2009) Network Ten Sunrise, 7 News, Special Features, Sport (2006-2009) Network Seven Australian Story (2006) ABC (Intern, Researcher, Camera Assist, Producer’s Assistant) Grace (2006) 35mm short film, 2nd Assistant Director, Set Photographer Gabriel (2005) feature film, 3rd Assistant Director Intern Different World by Denis Carnahan (2011), music video, Misc and Blarter Productions Ferdinand the Third (2011), short film Seven Network Gladiators Promo (2008) Carbon Films Kickstart promos (2008) MTV Australia
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Email: david@davidjoshuaford.com
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