Biography

David Brodie’s award-winning work spans the documentary, film, commercial, virtual reality, and music video fields. Originally from Kansas City, David started editing on the East Coast before moving to Los Angeles in 2007. His work is notable for its use of mixed-format and repurposed footage, including the Academy Award-nominated documentary The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306. In 2009 David received an Emmy Award for editing Errol Morris’s Survivors film.

David's documentary editing projects include the Peabody and Emmy-winning film Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa, as well as widely-celebrated film The Greatest Night in Pop for Netflix. He cut Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me for Apple+ and Alek Keshishian, and Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski for Netflix and Appian Way. David also edited and designed the title sequences for the Hunter S. Thompson documentary, Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb, and for Garret Bradley’s Naomi Osaka series.

David’s experience in both commercials and films have led to creative directing and directing projects for clients like the film Emic, produced to promote Christopher Nolan’s film Interstellar. Most recently, David directed the documentary The Volunteer, which received acclaim in film festivals, winning awards at the prestigious Bend Film Festival, Sidewalk Film Festival, and others, and was picked up by PBS. He is attached to direct the documentary about the legendary Austin music club, The Armadillo World Headquarters.

He has collaborated with filmmakers like Garrett Bradley, Bao Nguyen, Karena Evans, Rodney Lucas, Alek Keshishian, Antoine Fuqua, Jake Scott, Henrik Hansen, Rick Famuyiwa, Albert Hughes, Patrick Clair, Michael Muller, Malik Sayeed, Paul Mitchell, Mike Mills, Ben Mor, Floyd Russ, Michael Lawrence, and Malcom Venville, to name a few. His music video works include pieces for Katy Perry, U2, Coldplay, The Black Eyed Peas, and Massive Attack. He cut trailers for Davie Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Zack Snyder’s original Justice League.
- IMDb mini biography by: Brodie