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David Wittkower’s Award winning career as a Producer, Director and Cinematographer has spanned 30 years. After graduating from The American Film Institute in 1981, Wittkower pursued work as camera operator on features, while pursuing his work as a Cinematographer and Director. “Firefight: Stories From The Front lines,” about the wildland firefighter, premiered on The Learning Channel in March 2000 and won 9 film festival awards. Another film, “Cowboy Up: Inside the Extreme World of Bull Riding,” takes a hard look at modern-day bull riding and the people behind it. It too has won 8 awards and gathered the attention of The Outdoor Channel and VS Canada which broadcasted the film in 2005. In early 2006, Wittkower completed two films. One, “The Drive of a Champion: The Joe Beaver Story” a biography about 8 time world champion calf roper, Joe Beaver, and “Turn & Burn: Inside the World of Barrel Racing” which takes an inside look behind the world of the sport of Barrel Racing. In 2007, Mr. Wittkower completed two films, Rodeo Combat: Inside the World of Professional Bullfighters and The Challenge of Champions: The Story of Lane Frost and Red Rock which won the coveted Wrangler Award for Best Western Documentary 2009 at the National Cowboy Hall of Hall in Oklahoma City. In 2010, Wittkower released, The Eagle: America’s Tall Ship, which won Silver at the Honolulu International Film Festival and his film, Guardians of the Gates: The Surfboats about the Coast Guard’s 2nd busiest station in the country is being broadcast on PBS, nationwide. David completed his 15th documentary about the current Commercial fishing crisis in the US and is self distributing it.

Wittkower’s Cinematographers credits are seen on TLC, Discovery, History, Travel, Outdoor, VS and PBS channels. One of these include “Free a Man to Fight: Women Soldiers of World War II,” seen every March on The History Channel and many other programs. When not producing and distributing his own films, he works on other features and other documentaries as a Director of Photography / Camera Operator, Producer and Director. He is married and lives in Los Angeles.