David E. Baugnon is a filmmaker and screenwriter currently living in New York. His directing credits include the feature documentary Art in the Face of War (winner of the Special Jury Prize at Newport Beach Film Festival, 2007 and the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Connecticut Film Festival, 2006), the short documentary Matisyahu (screened in over 50 film festivals worldwide and winner of the Grand Prize at AOL Moviefone Short Film Festival, 2006), the short documentary White Bait (screened at the New Orleans Film Festival 2003) and the short comedies Call Time (premiered at the New York Independent Film & Video Festival 2001) and web viral video Born Slippery.

David also wrote and was the Creative Director on a Public Service TV campaign for United Cerebral Palsy Foundation produced by Give a Damn Films in 2002. He teaches screenwriting in New York at Writers Boot Camp and The Pratt Institute and has two feature scripts, Code of Ethics and Echo Charlie, currently in development with Producer Jeff Apple (The Recruit, In the Line of Fire).