David Furnish

David Furnish is a Canadian filmmaker, artist manager, and former advertising executive. Born in Toronto, he studied business at the University of Western Ontario and then joined the advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather in Toronto. He later transferred to the company's London offices, where he became its youngest director of account services. He is co-chief of Rocket Pictures and has worked as a contributing editor for Tatler and a columnist for Interview and GQ. His producing work includes the television series Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... and, as executive producer, the stage musical Billy Elliot the Musical. In 2021 the Music Managers Forum honored him with its Artist and Manager Partnership Award, and in 2022 he won Manager of the Year at the Music Week Awards. He was co-director of the documentary Elton John: Never Too Late (2024) with RJ Cutler.