David O'Donnell

After graduating from West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), David worked for several years in Australian theatre, film and TV. Credits include Blue Water High (ABC), Underbelly (Channel 9), Cops LAC (Channel 9). He received a nomination for a West Australian Equity Guild Award among other award nominations. Recently, his dark comedy Love & Dating: in LA! (writer, producer, lead actor) screened at festivals around the world including Cleveland International and Santa Monica International where it won the Audience Choice award. Projects in development include feature film Sons of Salt (writer), which recently received Screen Australia development funding, and was shortlisted for the 2015 Australians In Film Gateway Screenwriting Prize. He is a lead in the upcoming feature Ghosthunters, which will screen on the SyFy channel in 2016 and starred in the festival hit Oranges Don't Grow on Trees which premiered at St. Kilda. He has also lectured on writing and performance at various institutions including M.I.T. and Edith Cowan University.