David found out in 1994 how cool it was to use technology to communicate the stories of events. While working at Lakewood Public Access, he made David's Town, a 50 episode show going around to community events with a "Multi-Cultural Emphasis" the business card said. He quickly started doing independent and contracted projects for his school district, local business and eventually the Arts Council for Long Beach, the City of Long Beach, Lakewood, non-profit groups and the Los Angeles School District. Finding ways to be involved in the stories of the community was apparently very prevalent in his work.  

He went to California State University, Long Beach and majored in Film. Check out some pictures from those early shoots with Kelsey in the slideshow below. He still maintains his ties with the University, working on projects all over the campus, including Advanced Media Production and the College of the Arts.  ​

While in college, he spent time working at Sony Pictures in the post-production department, being a tiny small part of The Patriot, Charlie's Angels, The Kid and others. ​After graduation he started Charles Lauren Films with Kelsey. 

David does a lot of the shooting, online editing, mastering, digitization and keeps everything running. No down time allowed over here!​