David Devine | |
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| Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | Victoria College UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television |
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| Years active | 1982–present |
| Spouse | Jane Devine |
| Children | 1 daughter |
David Devine is a film director and producer, specialising in children's films. He was the co-founder and CEO of Devine Entertainment between 1994 and 2013, where he created original content for film, television and digital media.
Devine had his first success directing and producing Raffi's concert videos. Subsequent highlights of his producer/director career include Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Einstein: Light to the Power of Two, Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants, Degas and the Dancer, Edison: The Wizard of Light and Bailey's Billion$.[1] Devine has also been a hands-on creator and producer of 16 symphonic soundtracks for his films and six CDs distributed on the Sony Classical label. As Producer, his CDs include 82 member symphony recordings of Bach, Strauss, Handel, Bizet, Rossini and Liszt. Devine has been focused on addressing important creative, social and cultural issues in his films and digital media throughout his directing and producing career.
His 19 HBO Original films have received 11 nominations for Emmy Awards (winning five) and 26 nominations for The Canadian Screen Awards Gemini Awards (winning six) amongst a total of 100 other worldwide film awards. By December 2023, his films had been broadcast in over 110 countries including Central and South America, Western and Eastern EUROPE, China, Japan, Russia, 32 Middle Eastern countries with 3.9 million DVDs sold - 90% in the USA. Since 2004, 1,000,000 of these DVDs have been used by teachers in elementary and middle school classrooms in the U.S. and Canada and over 800,000 DVDs have been sold to U.S. parents of elementary and middle school aged home schoolers. Sales continue digitally via streaming online delivery and DVDs sold on Amazon.com.