David Prior (born January 6, 1969) is an American filmmaker, best known for his work on the cult horror film ''
The Empty Man'', and television series such as ''
Voir
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'' and ''
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities''. He has also directed and produced making-of documentaries for films, most notably the works of
David Fincher
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and
Michael Bay
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.
Career
After directing documentaries of various
David Fincher
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films for over ten years, Prior helmed his first independent short film ''
AM1200'' in 2008.
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H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival In February 2016, he was hired to write and direct his feature film debut, the supernatural horror film ''
The Empty Man'', based on the graphic novel
of the same name from
Boom! Studios
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. In September 2021, he was hired to direct an episode on the
Netflix
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series ''
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities''. In December 2021, he co-created, executive produced, and directed two episodes of Fincher's
Netflix
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series ''
Voir
''Voir'' was a francophone alternative weekly newspaper in Montreal, Quebec, published by Communications Voir. ''Voir'' was founded by Pierre Paquet in November 1986. The first issue of the newspaper was published on 27 November 1986. Later o ...
''.
Filmography
Short film
Feature film
Television
References
External links
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21st-century American male writers
21st-century American screenwriters
Film directors from Massachusetts
American film editors
American male screenwriters
Living people
People from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Place of birth missing (living people)
American horror film directors
1969 births