Biography

Since leaving San Francisco State University in 1974, David Del Valle has achieved national recognition as a journalist, columnist, film historian, radio & television commentator and is one of the leading authorities on the horror/science-fiction/cult & fantasy film genres. He has contributed to magazines internationally and has been interviewed by the BBC, A & E Network, Channel 4 (London) and The Sci-Fi Channel. He appeared prominently in American Movie Classics documentary entitled It conquered Hollywood, the history of American-International Pictures. He is also the producer and on-camera host of Vincent Price's only interview regarding his career in the horror film. This interview has already won awards in Italy's prestigious Mystery Festival and is now available for American distribution as it has never appeared on American television. David Del Valle produced and hosted a series of television interviews entitled "Sinister Image." His guests ran the gamut from Cameron Mitchell to Russ Meyer. His print articles and interviews have appeared in such publications as Cinefantastique, Scarlet Street, Cult Movies, Fangoria, Films and Filming (Del Valle was Hollywood correspondent for this British magazine from 1983-1987), Video Watchdog, The Dark Side (UK), Fantastyka and L'Ecran Fantastique of France for which he was also West Coast correspondent. Del Valle recently completed a year as a radio host in Palm Springs, California in an entertainment-oriented program on AM as well as on the Internet around the world.
- IMDb mini biography by: DavDlvll@aol.com

Film historian.