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David K. Irving is currently an Associate Professor in the Film and Television program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. David recently was Chair of the Graduate Film Program at NYU s Tisch School of the Arts Asia in Singapore. Prior to that he was Chair of both the Undergraduate and Graduate Film Programs at NYU in New York.He has directed six feature films, includingNight of the Cyclonewith Kris Kristofferson and Marisa Berenson;C.H.U.D. IIwith Robert Vaughn and Gerrit Graham;The Emperor's New Clotheswith Sid Caesar and Robert Morse;Sleeping Beautywith Morgan Fairchild, Tawnee Welch, and Sylvia Miles;Rumpelstiltskinwith Amy Irving and Billy Barty; andGoodbye Cruel Worldwith Dick Shawn and Cynthia Sikes.David has also written and directed dozens of documentaries, with special concentration on a series celebrating African American Painters for L&S; Video, includingJacob Lawrence: The Glory Of Expression;Robert Colescott: The One-Two Punch; andFaith Ringgold: The Last Story Quilt. He also wrote several screenplays including Walt Disney'sThe Secret of the Lost Valley, for which he won a WGA Award. In addition, David is the author of two textbooks and has recently won the David Payne Carter Award for Teaching Excellence at the Tisch School of the Arts.