David I. Strasser

Place of Birth: Cochabamba, Bolivia

David is a film and television director based in Vancouver, B.C. and represented by Meridian Artists in Toronto. He has directed several romantic comedies for Reel One Entertainment, including The Dating List (19), Just for the Summer (20), Love is a Piece of Cake (20), Love's Second Chance (20), For Better or Worse (20), and Love at Cedar Creek (21). David is currently directing the Hallmark Channel Original, Glenbrooke Christmas (20), starring Autumn Reeser and Antonio Cupo.

In addition to directing romantic comedies, David has directed the thriller Killer Body (18) for Lifetime Television, the independent feature film Delinquent (16), available on Amazon Prime, and various short form documentaries for the Telus Optik TV and The Knowledge Network.

In 2018, David was selected for the prestigious TIFF Filmmaker Lab, was a JETS participant at the 68th Berlinale, and was awarded the Telus STORYHIVE Banff Fellowship. His European co-production, The Omertà, was awarded development funding from Telefilm Canada and Bell Media's Harold Greenberg Fund.

In addition to studying Film Production at Vancouver Film School, David hold two degrees from the University of British Columbia, where he studied Law and Psychology.