The Returning

David Thian is known as one of the top famous photographers in the Northern region of Malaysia, at the same time he ventures into directing and producing films.
In his early career vocation, he tinkered in photography, digital arts, graphic designs, 2D animations, web designs, and advertising.

In 2006, he started his own photo studio called davidthian.com where he did photography for weddings, engagements, commercial, personal and family portraits, fashion and modelling, kids and other related photography works. The company is still up and running to day. However, he had moved on to cinematography when he started another company in 20 11 called Luvotion Production, where he worked alongside Geoffrey Leow—the partners of Luvotion Production is a video production studio based in Malaysia, producing videos for weddings, short film, commercial and advertisement.

Two years later, he founded Pretty Garbage Magazine, which he also took up a role as an editor. In the year 2016, he started DAA Production with the role as a producer and director in the company. With over a decade of experience, the company has boldly venture into producing the company’s first film alongside the Utopians. It was also Utopia Entertainment’s first in-house film where David directed the movie himself.

The film,< 9.13 The Returning>, is a thriller/horror movie inspired by the 1972 national sensation concerning a river tragedy which had been released in September 2017.

Otherwise, David also represent as a production designer in the film. He have excellent visual awareness and design skills and expert knowledge of many art and design-related subjects including draughtsmanship, technical drawing, colour theory, architecture, building and construction, history of design, interior design, cameras and lenses, lighting. So that he would rather to supervise all the concept and ideas by himself.