Biography

David Reiss is an entrepreneur, marketing consultant, business owner, writer, and teacher; his resume spans no less than 100 industries and lists an abundance of roles in marketing, corporate leadership, academia, and entertainment.

While still an undergraduate at SUNY at Stony Brook, Reiss turned his success as a photographer into a position as the Director of Photographic Curriculum for the University's continuing education program, where he taught introductory and advanced photography courses. While still at Stony Brook, he created the University's first Photo Gallery and became its Director. Reiss also organized weekend photographic symposiums hosted by some of the industry's leading photographers who would speak and connect with upcoming photographers.

A few years later, David Reiss graduated with a double bachelor's degree in psychology and anthropology. He then went on to earn two master's degrees -- one in education from Stony Brook, and the second in TV and Film from the University of Michigan. He topped off his academic journey with a Ph.D., ABD, in TV and Film, also from the University of Michigan.

Reiss packed up and moved to LA. As his way of "Breaking in," Reiss wrote over 400 magazine articles on film and television, traveling from one movie and television set to the next interviewing high-profile celebrities. He also spent three years on the set of the American comedy-drama series M*A*S*H and was tapped to author M*A*S*H: The Exclusive, Inside Story of TV's Most Popular Show. The book became an International Bestseller in the US, UK, and Canada. Following the book's positive reception, Reiss took to the college lecture circuit, giving no fewer than 110 lectures to sold-out auditoriums.

Reiss later became a member of the Writer's Guild West and spent the next several years writing episodic television and creating and producing TV movies.
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