Born year 2000 in Osijek, Croatia, moved in 2019 to study Film and TV directing in Zagreb. David has directed several short films at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, most notably his awarded short films Laci’s Great Escape (25 FPS 2021 - Green DCP award) and Incendiary, which premiered at the 19th Zagreb Film Festival. His graduate short film Short Cut Grass had its premiere at the 69th Oberhausen Short Film Festival and was later awarded a special jury mention at the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival, as well as the “Vedran Šamanović” award, the highest yearly accolade awarded to an artist who pushed boundaries of film expression in Croatian film, which was announced at the 70th Pula Film Festival. Besides filmmaking efforts, David has several director credits working on TV commercials and music videos, while also running film workshops for youth at the Summer film school in Gunja and Filmska RUNDA festival in Osijek where he is part of the organization board, as well as one of its programme selectors since 2022. As of 2023, he is a member of the Film Director’s Association of Croatia.