David Meyers(XX)
- Writer
- Actor
- Casting Department
David Meyers grew up in South Holland, Illinois and spent a lot of time
hanging out and going to school with his fellow Cheevies Films crew
members, Derek and Kevin Braasch and Mark Sartain. David, known as
"Fin" to his close friends, found an early interest in films, acting,
reading, and writing. He enjoyed going to the movies often with his
friends, as well as watching movies at Derek and Kevin's house. He
would also escape into books at home, not putting them down without
being told to. David's first attempt at acting was a Christmas play at
his elementary school, portraying Mr. Smith, an unemployment office
worker, in "Santa Claus Meets the Robots". He had other small roles in
other elementary school Christmas programs as well. After his parents
purchased their first video camera, the die was cast, and a future in
film was certainly bound to happen. Along with his brothers, several
homemade videos of vacations and birthday parties were made. Among his
earliest attempts behind the camera, David would film parties that his
oldest brother would DJ. His first attempt in film was done during his
sophomore year of high school. An assignment for English class, David
wrote and shot a short film about the poet, Carl Sandburg, where David
played the titular role of the poet himself. Every year subsequent
throughout high school, David made another short film for English
class. Junior year brought the short, "Witchcraft" about the Salem
Witch Trials, and senior year brought a group film remake of the
Shakespearean play, "King Lear", co-written by David and another of his
classmates. This project mingled live-action actors in conjunction with
puppetry, and it involved David's first attempt at editing in music to
the project. In college, David's first attempt at writing a large
screenplay, titled "Jack Of All Trades", was never completed. He moved
on to begin writing another screenplay, "The Icing On The Cake", and it
seemed to flow slightly more easy than the former screenplay. With a
decent amount of this screenplay complete and on the way to a concert
in nearby Wisconsin, he discussed the possibility of filming it with
one of his best friend's, Derek Braasch, whom by this time, had an
excellent background and education in film. The rest is history. David
and Derek agreed on the script, and David finished the remainder of the
script that summer. Auditions and casting happened that December, and
the filming of what became "The Icing" began the next year. David
served as screenwriter, actor (prison guard), script supervisor, and
casting coordinator for the film. After the long film production and
editing process were complete, "The Icing" was released on April 12th,
2014 in a theatre premiere and on DVD. David continues to work on
writing, this time with novels. He has completed his first novel, "The
Contractor", and he is also working on writing the first of two sequels
to that book, titled "The Sheriff".