David Lightfoot

David Lightfoot is an Australian film producer.

Biography

Australian film producer David Lightfoot is one of the most experienced and regarded production executives in Australia. His Credits include the highly successful 2005 horror/thriller Wolf Creek, The Weinstein Company’s action/thriller Rogue both written and directed by Greg McLean and most recently the Screen Australia financed thriller Coffin Rock, with International Sales being handled by Bankside Films, London.

His past credits include Bad Boy Bubby (1994) as the Production Supervisor/ Associate Producer, as Producer of the mini-series, Three Forever (1996), an Australian-Italian co-production, and Producer of the feature film ‘Spank!’ (1998). He was also Co-Producer and Line Producer of The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1997), Consulting Producer on ‘Innocence’ (1999) and Line Producer on Japanese Story (2003).

David Lightfoot commenced a traineeship at the South Australian Film Corporation in 1982. Since then, he has held numerous positions in the film industry in roles as varied as Location Manager, Production Manager and 1st Assistant Director before becoming a Producer. He has worked on a number of occasions with internationally renowned directors including Rolf de Heer, Greg McLean and Paul Cox, has line produced an array of Television productions and has frequently acted as consultant to the South Australian Film Corporation, Screenwest, NSW Film and Television Office, leading film study education institutions and completion guarantors.

He is also the founding director of the Shorts Film Festival, an Adelaide based National festival of short Australian films that awards the winning filmmaker with an all-expenses-paid trip to the Cannes Film Festival, offering the second biggest prize pool for a short film festival in Australia.

David was recently executive producer on Michael Craft's psychological thriller ‘Storage’ (2009) and Michael Henry's directorial debut 'Blame' (2010), officially selected to 2010's Toronto, Chicago and Melbourne's International Film Festivals.

He was also recently appointed to the board of Advantage SA and Adelaide, an organisation both funded by Government and from the corporate sector. It aggressively promotes the benefits the of the state of South Australia and its capital, Adelaide.

External links

• Ultrafilms - David Lightfoot's production company
• David Lightfoot's imdb profile

See also

• List of Australian films

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