David Spitzer
Creative Direction
ds@upperdiamond.com
Before Upper Diamond David was Vice President Production & Creative Director for the Ninth House Network - the leading provider of e-learning business solutions. His work there started with their first product - a six episode interactive series that taught Ken Blanchard's 'Situational Leadership' which was shot for weeks, day and night, in the Arizona desert. In his 5 years at Ninth House, he led the creative team on two different award winning interactive series and over 20 e-learning programs based on the work of America's top business thinkers.
David is able to simultaneously grasp instructional objectives and interactive structure while leading all team members to create an engaging story, be it narrative or documentary. David's international documentary production experience has taken him to the Persian Gulf, China, England, and Nicaragua. Before Ninth House, David was co-founder and Vice President of Production for EntertainNet, an Idealab! start-up funded by Bill Gross and Steven Spielberg.
Earlier in his career David produced the award-winning interactive video CD-ROMs 'Silent Steel' and 'Flash Traffic' and received credits from Columbia, Universal, Warner Brothers, Paramount, and Castle Rock on shows including 'Seinfeld', 'Rocketeer' and 'Beethoven'. Member Directors Guild of America. Undergraduate: Vassar College. Graduate: UCLA Film and TV.
