Biography
Dave is currently a Production Executive at Chris Meledandri's Illumination Entertainment and has been with the company since its inception. The company's films have become some of Universal Studios most profitable of all time. Previously, Dave was at Dreamworks and an Executive Producer for Screen Imagination Agency (SIA) in Eastern Europe. Dave's directorial debut, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was also Josh Duhamel's acting debut. Dave earned dual degrees (BSBA and BA) from the University of ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Animal Farm
2025
Producer
A group of animals rebel against their human owners and take over the farm. Their uprising over, they are presented with a fresh set of challenges und...
Hitpig!
2024
as Janitor (voice)
A porcine bounty hunter accepts his next hit: Pickles, a naive, ebullient elephant. Though he initially sets out to capture the perky pachyderm, the u...
Hitpig!
2024
Producer, Writer
A porcine bounty hunter accepts his next hit: Pickles, a naive, ebullient elephant. Though he initially sets out to capture the perky pachyderm, the u...
Minions & More Volume 2
2022
as Dave (voice)
This collection of 11 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Mower Minions (2016); Yellow Is the New Black...
Minions & More Volume 2
2022
Writer
This collection of 11 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Mower Minions (2016); Yellow Is the New Black...
Minions & More Volume 1
2022
as Ice Cream Vendor / Additional Voices (voice)
This collection of 10 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Puppy (2013); Minion Scouts (2019); Training ...
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
Executive Producer
A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's wicked plot to wipe their vil...
Road Trip Romance
2022
as Cabbie
An escalating series of unfortunate events keeps delaying a young woman’s journey to her sister’s wedding – a journey she is forced to take with the g...
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021
Writer, Director, Producer
A young Irish boy named Keegan and Spanish girl named Moya journey into a magical world of the Megaloceros Giganteus who teach them to appreciate Rive...
Minions: Holiday Special
2020
as Ice Cream Vendor (voice)
Four mini-movie escapades starring the Minions, with various special guest appearances, all to celebrate the holidays!
The Grinch
2018
Production Manager
The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration.
Norman Television
2016
as Additional Voices (voice)
Norman, a lost guinea pig, wanders in the pipe through apartments in New York, and his main recreation during his adventure is to see how the apartmen...
Mower Minions
2016
as Dave (voice)
The Minions need to raise $20 to purchase an as seen on TV banana blender. So they take up lawn mowing at an old folks home, with hilarious antics!
Mower Minions
2016
Writer
The Minions need to raise $20 to purchase an as seen on TV banana blender. So they take up lawn mowing at an old folks home, with hilarious antics!
The Secret Life of Pets
2016
Script Supervisor
The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.
Minions
2015
as Fabrice (voice)
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over...
Minions
2015
Story Supervisor
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over...
Despicable Me 2: 3 Mini-Movie Collection
2014
as Ice cream Vendor
Bringing laughs for the whole family, the mischievous Minions return in three new hilariously entertaining mini-movies. In "Puppy," when Kyle is unwil...
Training Wheels
2013
as Ice Cream Vendor (voice)
When Margo, Edith, and Agnes chase after an ice cream truck, little Agnes struggles to keep up and takes a tumble while pedaling her bike. Seeing her ...
Despicable Me
2010
Script Supervisor, Executive In Charge Of Production
Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sk...
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2005
Director
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Madagascar
2005
Unit Manager
Four animal friends get a taste of the wild life when they break out of captivity at the Central Park Zoo and wash ashore on the island of Madagascar.
The Majestic
2001
as Swing Dancer (uncredited)
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a lon...