David Newsom
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David Newsom is an American actor and fine-arts photographer
. He is best known for his various critically acclaimed US television appearances, and for his work in 2005 and 2006 with Viggo Mortensen
and Perceval Press
.
. In 2005, he collaborated with Viggo Mortensen
to create a photo journal called Skip (Newsom's eldest brother's nickname) which was then published by Mortensen's Perceval Press. In June 2006, with Viggo Mortensen
, Lindsay Brice and Stanley Milstein, Newsom anchored a successful group photographic show entitled "Four Tales from Perceval".
In June–July 2007, Newsom held his first comprehensive one man show titled, "Three Miles of Idaho" at DCA Fine Art in Santa Monica, CA.
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In April 2006, "Mother" won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short at the Florida Film Festival
, a victory which automatically qualified the film for a potential Academy Award nomination. Mother was also selected for the May 2006 Cinefondation Competition of the Cannes Film Festival
, where it won third place in a field of 18 films from around the globe. The film was then selected for many other festivals, including the prestigious Seattle International Film Festival
, where it received the "2006 Short Film: Narrative Special Jury Prize". "Mother" continues to play globally and recently took the Grand Jury Award-Narrative Shorts at the Oxford Film Festival.
In early 2007, Newsom and Heder partnered with The Mark Gordon
Company and are in pre-production on the feature film, "Tallulah".
Newsom also produced Open Your Eyes
for director Susan Cohen
in the summer of 2007. Cohen, a recipient of a 2007 AFI Directing Workshop for Women grant, wrote "OYE" as a tribute to the women she had known who battled and lived with cancer. In May, 2008, "Open Your Eyes" was awarded the AFI "Jean Picker Firstenburg Award of Excellence".
. Newsom has a degree in film production from Ithaca College
. He has worked in the past as a band singer, alternative newspaper editor, writer, waiter, delivery man, blasting worker, beer bottler, fence installer, dish washer, and in film production as well as set construction.
Fine art photography
Fine art photography refers to photographs that are created in accordance with the creative vision of the photographer as artist. Fine art photography stands in contrast to photojournalism, which provides a visual account for news events, and commercial photography, the primary focus of which is to...
. He is best known for his various critically acclaimed US television appearances, and for his work in 2005 and 2006 with Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. is a Danish-American actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter. He made his film debut in Peter Weir's 1985 thriller Witness, and subsequently appeared in many notable films of the 1990s, including The Indian Runner , Carlito's Way , Crimson Tide , Daylight , The...
and Perceval Press
Perceval Press
Perceval Press is actor/artist Viggo Mortensen's publishing company, established 2002 with partner Pilar Perez. Based in Santa Monica, California, the press specializes in books of art, critical writing, and poetry.-General information:...
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Photography
In recent years, Newsom has focused heavily on fine art photographyFine art photography
Fine art photography refers to photographs that are created in accordance with the creative vision of the photographer as artist. Fine art photography stands in contrast to photojournalism, which provides a visual account for news events, and commercial photography, the primary focus of which is to...
. In 2005, he collaborated with Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. is a Danish-American actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter. He made his film debut in Peter Weir's 1985 thriller Witness, and subsequently appeared in many notable films of the 1990s, including The Indian Runner , Carlito's Way , Crimson Tide , Daylight , The...
to create a photo journal called Skip (Newsom's eldest brother's nickname) which was then published by Mortensen's Perceval Press. In June 2006, with Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. is a Danish-American actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter. He made his film debut in Peter Weir's 1985 thriller Witness, and subsequently appeared in many notable films of the 1990s, including The Indian Runner , Carlito's Way , Crimson Tide , Daylight , The...
, Lindsay Brice and Stanley Milstein, Newsom anchored a successful group photographic show entitled "Four Tales from Perceval".
In June–July 2007, Newsom held his first comprehensive one man show titled, "Three Miles of Idaho" at DCA Fine Art in Santa Monica, CA.
Movie producing
In 2005, Newsom began producing movies, starting with his first short film Mother, written and directed by Sian HederSian Heder
Sian Heder is an award-winning American writer and filmmaker born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.In early 2005, she was one of eight women selected from thousands for the prestigious American Film Institute's DWW ....
.
In April 2006, "Mother" won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short at the Florida Film Festival
Florida Film Festival
The Florida Film Festival, produced by Enzian Theater in Maitland, Florida, is an annual international film festival. Showcasing the best American independent and foreign films, the festival has become one of the most respected regional film events in the United States.-Overview:The Festival...
, a victory which automatically qualified the film for a potential Academy Award nomination. Mother was also selected for the May 2006 Cinefondation Competition of the Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
, where it won third place in a field of 18 films from around the globe. The film was then selected for many other festivals, including the prestigious Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
The Seattle International Film Festival , held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees...
, where it received the "2006 Short Film: Narrative Special Jury Prize". "Mother" continues to play globally and recently took the Grand Jury Award-Narrative Shorts at the Oxford Film Festival.
In early 2007, Newsom and Heder partnered with The Mark Gordon
Mark Gordon
Mark Gordon is an American television and film producer.- Background :Gordon was born in Newport News, Virginia on October 10, 1956...
Company and are in pre-production on the feature film, "Tallulah".
Newsom also produced Open Your Eyes
Open Your Eyes (short film)
- Synopsis :Struggling to come to terms with her life and husband after breast cancer, Julia gets more than she bargained for when she attends a bridal shower and finds herself locked in a bathroom with Kat - the frank-talking sister of the bride-to-be...
for director Susan Cohen
Susan Cohen
Susan Cohen is an independent film producer, screenwriter and film director.In 2007, she was one of eight women selected from over 200 applicants to attend the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women where she directed her first short film Open Your Eyes.Open Your Eyes was the winner...
in the summer of 2007. Cohen, a recipient of a 2007 AFI Directing Workshop for Women grant, wrote "OYE" as a tribute to the women she had known who battled and lived with cancer. In May, 2008, "Open Your Eyes" was awarded the AFI "Jean Picker Firstenburg Award of Excellence".
Personal life
Newsom was born in North Caldwell, New Jersey to a mother who managed an employment agency and an investor father. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, writer/director Sian HederSian Heder
Sian Heder is an award-winning American writer and filmmaker born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.In early 2005, she was one of eight women selected from thousands for the prestigious American Film Institute's DWW ....
. Newsom has a degree in film production from Ithaca College
Ithaca College
Ithaca College is a private college located on the South Hill of Ithaca, New York. The school was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music. The college has a strong liberal arts core, but also offers several pre-professional programs and some graduate programs. The college is...
. He has worked in the past as a band singer, alternative newspaper editor, writer, waiter, delivery man, blasting worker, beer bottler, fence installer, dish washer, and in film production as well as set construction.
Filmography
- Windfall (2006) "Running with the Devil" (TV Episode)
- Windfall (2006) "Getaway" (TV Episode)
- Windfall (2006) "Pilot" (TV Episode)
- Without a TraceWithout a TraceWithout a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...
(2006) "Expectations" (TV Episode) - Brian Sullivan - Inconceivable (2006) (TV Series) - Dave Cohen
- Kiss Kiss Bang BangKiss Kiss Bang BangKiss Kiss Bang Bang is a 2005 crime/dark comedy film, which engages many conventions of the classic film noir genre in a tongue-in-cheek fashion. It is based, in part, on the novel Bodies Are Where You Find Them by Brett Halliday. The cast includes Robert Downey, Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan...
(2005) - Agent Who Kicks Robert Downey Jr.Robert Downey Jr.Robert John Downey, Jr. is an American actor. Downey made his screen debut in 1970 at the age of five when he appeared in his father's film Pound, and has worked consistently in film and television ever since. During the 1980s he had roles in a series of coming of age films associated with the...
's Ass - CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
- Compulsion (2005) TV Episode - Hayden Michaels - 2424 (TV series)24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
- Day 4: (2005) - Scott Borman - A One Time Thing (2004) - Dillon
- The DaysThe DaysThe Days is a 2004 ABC television series. Each episode chronicles 24 hours in the lives of the members of the fictional Day family.The series was produced for ABC by MindShare Worldwide, a GroupM media agency within WPP Group that financed the series in exchange for ABC advertising time.- Plot...
(2004) TV Series - Jack Day - Like FamilyLike FamilyLike Family is an American sitcom that aired on The WB in 2003. The series starred Holly Robinson Peete and Kevin Michael Richardson and lasted one season...
- Ladies Night (2004) - Jim - Talk to Me (2000) TV Series - Rob
- Judging AmyJudging AmyJudging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly...
- Short Calendar (1999) TV Episode - Jack Overby - Judging AmyJudging AmyJudging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly...
- Pilot (1999) TV Episode - Jack Overby - Godzilla: The SeriesGodzilla: The SeriesGodzilla: The Series is an American/Japanese animated television series which originally aired on Fox in the United States. The show premiered on September 12, 1998, and is a direct sequel to the American Godzilla remake.-Plot:...
- An Early Frost (1999) TV Episode (voice) - Cameron Winter - Godzilla: The SeriesGodzilla: The SeriesGodzilla: The Series is an American/Japanese animated television series which originally aired on Fox in the United States. The show premiered on September 12, 1998, and is a direct sequel to the American Godzilla remake.-Plot:...
- The Winter of Discontent (1999) TV Episode (voice) - Cameron Winter - Will & GraceWill & GraceWill & Grace was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998 to May 18, 2006 for a total of eight seasons. Will & Grace remains the most successful television series with gay principal characters...
- Yours, Mine or Ours (1999) TV Episode - Peter - Fantasy IslandFantasy IslandFantasy Island is the title of two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network.-Original series:...
- Handymen (1998) TV Episode - Where's Marlowe?Where's Marlowe?Where's Marlowe? is a 1998 indie comedy/mystery written by Daniel Pyne and John Mankiewicz. Daniel Pyne also directed the film.-Plot summary:...
(1998) - Jake Pierson - Suddenly SusanSuddenly SusanSuddenly Susan is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The show takes place at The Gate, a fictitious magazine which is based in San Francisco. Among the magazine's employees is Susan Keane , who always has been cared for by someone else...
- 5,947 Miles (1998) TV Episode - Kenny 'The Hammer' Fleming - Suddenly SusanSuddenly SusanSuddenly Susan is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The show takes place at The Gate, a fictitious magazine which is based in San Francisco. Among the magazine's employees is Susan Keane , who always has been cared for by someone else...
- Pucker Up (1998) TV Episode - Kenny 'The Hammer' Fleming - House RulesHouse rulesHouse rules are rules applying only in a certain location or organization. Bars and pubs in which games take place frequently have house rules posted...
(1998) TV Series - William McCuskey - McCallumMcCallumMcCallum is a British television series that was produced by STV Productions .Dr Iain McCallum was the original lead character, played by John Hannah. McCallum was a forensic pathologist who traveled by Triumph Motorcycle, and solved murders...
- Dead Man's Fingers (1998) TV Episode - Reporter 1 - Rose HillRose Hill-People:* Rose Hill , British actress* Rose Hill , British wheelchair athlete-England:* Rose Hill, Derby, inner city suburb in Derby* Rose Hill, Oxfordshire, city council estate near Oxford...
(1997) (TV) - John Stringer - Black Circle Boys (1997) - Coach Earhorn
- Sweet DreamsSweet Dreams (1996 film)Sweet Dreams is a 1996 made for television movie that stars Tiffani Amber Thiessen as a woman who has no memory of her past after waking up from a coma. The film also stars Amy Yasbeck, A Martinez and David Newsom.-Synopsis:...
(1996) (TV) - Dr. Jack Renault - BoysBoys (1996 film)Boys is a 1996 American film starring Winona Ryder and Lukas Haas. The film was originally titled The Girl You Want. The film earned $516,350 in the United States box office. It is based on a short story called "Twenty Minutes" by James Salter....
(1996) - Curt - Touched by an AngelTouched by an AngelTouched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...
- The One That Got Away (1996) TV Episode - Mark Monfort - Sisters - Angel of Death (1995) TV Episode - Charles 'Charlie' Holland
- Melrose Place - They Shoot Mothers, Don't They? (1995) TV Episode - Williams
- Melrose Place - The Doctor Who Rocks the Cradle (1995) TV Episode - Williams
- Melrose Place - And Justice for None (1995) TV Episode - Williams
- Murder, She WroteMurder, She WroteMurder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...
- Crimson Harvest (1994) TV Episode - Henry Wilson - Murder, She WroteMurder, She WroteMurder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...
- Family Secrets (1992) TV Episode - Neal Latimer - Chicago HopeChicago HopeChicago Hope is an American medical drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994, to May 5, 2000. It takes place in a fictional private charity hospital.-Premise:The show stars Mandy Patinkin as Dr...
- Over the Rainbow (1994) TV Episode - Doctor in Asylum - Wes Craven's New NightmareWes Craven's New NightmareWes Craven's New Nightmare is a 1994 horror metafilm written and directed by Wes Craven. Although it is the seventh installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street series, it is not part of the series continuity, instead portraying Freddy Krueger as a fictional movie villain who invades the real world...
(1994) - Chase Porter - Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth (1993) (TV) - Cody Mather
- HomefrontHomefrontA home front is the civilian populace of the nation at war as an active support system of its military. The term can refer to:* Home front during World War II* United States home front during World War I* United States home front during World War II...
(1991) TV Series - Lt. Hank Metcalf (1991–1992) - China BeachChina BeachChina Beach is an American dramatic television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe beach in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam, which was nicknamed "China Beach" by unknown foreigners, most likely Americans...
- The Always Goodbye (1991) TV Episode - PFC Leslie Maltbie - China BeachChina BeachChina Beach is an American dramatic television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe beach in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam, which was nicknamed "China Beach" by unknown foreigners, most likely Americans...
- Independence Day (1989) TV Episode - Kid - Quantum Leap - The Leap Home: Part 2 (Vietnam) - April 7, 1970 (1990) TV Episode - Tom Beckett
- Quantum Leap - The Leap Home: Part 1 - November 25, 1969 (1990) TV Episode - Tom Beckett