- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Was at one point in talks to direct SAW IV.
- David Hackl and SAW V won the 2008 SPIKE SCREAM AWARD for "The Most Memorable Mutilation" for the Pendulum Trap in the opening scene of Saw V.
- Only two weeks before principal photography began, director David Hackl was forced off Saw 7 3D by Twisted Pictures at Lionsgate's request, so that they could exercise a second picture option on Kevin Greutert, thereby stopping Kevin from directing Paranormal Activity 2.
- David Hackl won the 2008 Cyber Horror Awards -Albert S. D'Agostino Award for Best Production Design for, Repo! The Genetic Opera.
- David Hackl is the father of filmmaker Dylan Hackl.
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