Biography

David Leidy was born on July 2, 1991 in Muscatine, Iowa. While earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature and Creative Writing minor from New York University (NYU), he became one of the founding members of the reinstated cinema society Delta Kappa Alpha (DeKA): an organization whose members include George Lucas, Alfred Hitchcock and Steven Spielberg. During this time, Leidy also wrote many published articles as a staff writer for Washington Square News.

In Los Angeles, David Leidy was mentored by Emmy® winner of the College Television Awards Justin Lerner and interned for Mike Medavoy at Phoenix Pictures (production company of Shutter Island (2010)). He then wrote, directed and produced Atonia (2013) with cinematography by SXSW® nominated cinematographer Tobias Deml under Prodigium Pictures (production company of Gaming Wall St (2022) and Monster Party (2018)). This led to David being requested by another film director to be a screenwriter on Paradise (2014) starring Cortney Palm of Sushi Girl (2012).

David Leidy's short film Faded Love (2015) won for Best Film Noir of the Year at the 2018-2019 Annual Awards of Independent Shorts Awards (ISA). His film Platonic (2016) won for Best Director of the Year at AOF MegaFest (highest honors among 16 interrelated festivals) of the Action on Film International Film Festival and acquired limited theatrical distribution from Fourwalled in 2019.
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Genre bending. Often rooted deeply in ancient mythology. Mysticism, occultism and the hidden world in general are often brought about thematically and actively throughout his stories. Blending surreal with real. Turn on the dime moments in mood. Dives in and out between honest heartfelt moments and highly stylized, cold and satirical ones without viewers being able to distinguish which is which or drawing a different response per each viewing. Often shows a kaleidoscope of colors and moods in eccentric ways. Covers a vast array of styles, genres, topics and events all linked by underlying motifs sometimes directly connected with the score. Mystery or mythology is often the underlying genre in his stories with noir elements or dark themes in a surreal magical realist style. There are often believable performances that are shaken to emotional extremes for characters through bizarre and often fervent characters and scenarios.

Objects that have been alleged to have metaphysical power over the material world. There is often a contemplation over how much significance the object really has and lure or rejection of its sway over events often causing devastation or enlightenment or both as a result. Drawing a thin line between cultural taboos and norms, scholarly and pulp fiction topics and themes, spiritually and materialistically minded scenes and scientific and pseudoscientific ideas.

Characters having epiphanies about past events or getting tied up in a destructive karmic loop. Ouroboros story structures.

Multiple overlays throughout sequences and entire films. This technique he often uses for such purposes as (a) conveying an oneiric atmosphere or (b) the interconnectedness of seemingly unrelated things or (c) showing the nature of events as overlapping and cyclically affecting one another rather than linearly or (d) a kinship between two characters or a blend of two or more characters into one a la a reverse worm splitting effect followed by a subsequent loss and confusion over identity or (e) a mix of these. Ebbing and flowing pacing wise between drawn out takes and long dialogue to quick action cuts and overlays with no dialogue.

Deep character muses into nature and space such as staring into water or a bright mirror or screen (playing on reflections of light and reflections on identity and remembering past events) or touching and interacting with flowers dangling from the ceiling or looking up at giant redwoods.

Apart from merely his birthdate of 2 July 1991 equaling a Master Number of 11 in numerology, his full name David Michael Leidy is 11 in Pythagorean numerology, his birth place of Muscatine, Iowa is 11 in Chaldean numerology and his combined first and middle name of David Michael is also 11 in Chaldean.