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David J. Buchanan is a black Minneapolis-based writer/director whose work includes Rideshare, See You Soon, and the acclaimed feature film, BLACK in Minneapolis (Now on Amazon, iTunes, and Vimeo). A recipient of the 2020 McKnight Media Artist Fellowship, David started his career in documentary filmmaking at 14 years old, and his work includes many localized stories around social justice. At 15, he won the Screenlabs Challenge Audience Award at the Screenwriters’ Workshop, where he developed his screenplays. He has been Top 10% in the Nicholl Academy Fellowship in 2021, Quarterfinalist in Screencraft Fellowship and WeScreenplay in 2022, and Quarterfinalist in Final Drafts’ Big Break in 2013. At 20, he worked on his first commercial project, where he learned about the craft of lighting. Today, he continues to work as a writer and director for his production company We-Co Films.