David has long been a film history buff, even before graduating from film school in the early 1970s and starting his career at Warner Brothers. He has worked as a film and avid editor for major studios such as Disney, 20th Century-Fox, editing many M.O.W.s, pilots, and series over the last 20 years including EPCOT documentaries at Disney and two of the CircleVision films made for their theme parks. Some of his more notable editing credits are, Northern Exposure, Dangerous Minds, and three Alien Nation M.O.W.s. David has also served as historical consultant to Paul Allen's Seattle Cinerama restoration theatre project.