David E. Tolchinsky's work has been seen at such venues as Sundance, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Kennedy Center, and distributed in theatres, on DVD and on iTunes/Amazon Prime. His film credits include Creature Companion (producer, Special Mention, International Jury, Oberhausen); Cassandra (writer/director/composer, currently in post), Fast Talk (producer), The Coming of Age (producer/screenwriter, Winner, Silver Medal, LA Film Review), Girl (associate producer/screenwriter, from Sony, starring Selma Blair and Tara Reid), The Personal Life of Mr. Phelps (producer/writer/director/composer, premiered at Sundance), and St. Catherine’s Wedding Ring (co-producer/co-director/composer, premiered at Sundance).
He was co-ranked no. 7 on New City's Film 50 2017: Chicago Screen Gems. He is the founder/co-director of Northwestern’s MFA program in writing for the screen+stage and attended Yale (BA, musical composition/video) and USC (MFA, film production). More at davidetolchinsky.com. (Photo by Joe Mazza)