David Van Woert
- Visual Effects
- Art Department
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Scott Van Woert is the Supervising Creative Producer of the San Francisco based agency, Transparent House. For the past four years David has been instrumental in transforming the company from a visualization studio to a full-service agency of record, and has directed and produced dozens of projects for clients including HP, Samsung, Nokia, Simple Human, Vizio, Chevrolet, Five Point, Kilroy, and Maximus. Before joining Transparent House, David was the Co-Founder and Executive Producer of
Identity FX, Inc. (IDFX), a Los Angeles based Visual Effects and Stereoscopic
3D studio. From 2004 to 2014, David produced more than 150
projects at IDFX, working with clients such as 3NET, Sony Pictures, 20th
Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, NBC Universal,
Dreamworks, Columbia Pictures, Millenium Films, The Weinstein Company,
Discovery Channel, Dimension Films, Magnolia Pictures and many more,
working on such recent titles as Smurfs 2, The Amazing Spider Man, Prometheus, Green Lantern, The
Chronicles of Narnia, Conan the Barbarian, Hancock,
Transformers, and America's Next Top Model, as well as music videos for
The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sarah McLachlan, Keith Urban, and Run DMC,
and commercials for Nike, Google, McDonalds, and Xbox. David's
production experience spans more than 25 years; since 1993 he has
been credited as 1st Assistant Director, Associate Producer, Director
and Producer on dozens of projects from independent feature films to
music videos and commercials. From 1999 to 2002, he served as a
cameraman for HoopsTV, Media Director for Youth Speaks, and Field
Producer for ON24. In 1999, David co-founded San Francisco based
Shockwave Pictures, a digital media studio whose client list he built
to include Bill Graham Presents, SFX, Palm Pictures, Youth Speaks,
SunTrust, BankOne, and the musicians Michael Franti of Spearhead and
Martin Luther. During this time David directed corporate videos and
commercials for several Bay Area firms and co-produced music videos for
Shelley Streeter and MC Hammer. In 2001, he won awards for his
direction of Neil Labute's Bash and Wendy Wasserstein's Waiting for
Phillip Glass at the Black Box Theater in San Francisco.
An adventure sports enthusiast and accomplished climber, in
2011 David orchestrated Identity's acquisition of The Adventure Core
Productions, an extreme sports Production Company based in Park City,
Utah.
David is a fixed wing and helicopter pilot, and enjoys mountain biking, surfing, and snowboarding. His past lives include: professional carpenter, climbing instructor and guide, and limo driver to the stars. He lives in San Francisco.
David is a fixed wing and helicopter pilot, and enjoys mountain biking, surfing, and snowboarding. His past lives include: professional carpenter, climbing instructor and guide, and limo driver to the stars. He lives in San Francisco.