David Newsom

For the diplomat see David D. Newsom

David Newsom
Born	March 10, 1962 North Caldwell, New Jersey

David Newsom (born March 10, 1962) is an American actor and fine-arts photographer. He is best known for his various critically acclaimed US television appearances, and for his work in 2005 and 2006 with Viggo Mortensen and Perceval Press.

Biography

Photography

In recent years, Newsom has focused heavily on fine art photography. In 2005, he collaborated with Viggo Mortensen to create a photo journal called Skip^[1] (Newsom's eldest brother's nickname) which was then published by Mortensen's Perceval Press.^[2] In June 2006, with Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Brice and Stanley Milstein, Newsom anchored a successful group photographic show entitled "Four Tales from Perceval".^[3]

In June–July 2007, Newsom held his first comprehensive one man show titled, "Three Miles of Idaho" at DCA Fine Art in Santa Monica, CA.

Movie producing

In 2005, Newsom began producing movies, starting with his first short film Mother, written and directed by Sian Heder.^[4]

In April 2006, "Mother" won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short at the Florida Film Festival, a victory which automatically qualified the film for a potential Academy Award nomination. Mother was also selected for the May 2006 Cinefondation Competition of the Cannes Film Festival, where it won third place in a field of 18 films from around the globe. The film was then selected for many other festivals, including the prestigious Seattle International Film Festival, where it received the "2006 Short Film: Narrative Special Jury Prize". "Mother" continues to play globally and recently took the Grand Jury Award-Narrative Shorts at the Oxford Film Festival.

In early 2007, Newsom and Heder partnered with The Mark Gordon Company and are in pre-production on the feature film, "Tallulah".

Newsom also produced Open Your Eyes for director Susan Cohen in the summer of 2007. Cohen, a recipient of a 2007 AFI Directing Workshop for Women grant, wrote "OYE" as a tribute to the women she had known who battled and lived with cancer. In May, 2008, "Open Your Eyes" was awarded the AFI "Jean Picker Firstenburg Award of Excellence".

Personal life

Newsom was born in North Caldwell, New Jersey to a mother who managed an employment agency and an investor father.^[5] He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, writer/director Sian Heder.^{[citation needed]} Newsom has a degree in film production from Ithaca College. He has worked in the past as a band singer, alternative newspaper editor, writer, waiter, delivery man, blasting worker, beer bottler, fence installer, dish washer, and in film production as well as set construction.

Filmography

1. Windfall (2006) "Running with the Devil" (TV Episode)
2. Windfall (2006) "Getaway" (TV Episode)
3. Windfall (2006) "Pilot" (TV Episode)
4. Without a Trace (2006) "Expectations" (TV Episode) - Brian Sullivan
5. Inconceivable (2006) (TV Series) - Dave Cohen
6. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) - Agent Who Kicks Robert Downey Jr.'s Ass
7. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Compulsion (2005) TV Episode - Hayden Michaels
8. 24 - Day 4: (2005) - Scott Borman
9. A One Time Thing (2004) - Dillon
10. The Days (2004) TV Series - Jack Day
11. Like Family - Ladies Night (2004) - Jim
12. Talk to Me (2000) TV Series - Rob
13. Judging Amy - Short Calendar (1999) TV Episode - Jack Overby
14. Judging Amy - Pilot (1999) TV Episode - Jack Overby
15. Godzilla: The Series - An Early Frost (1999) TV Episode (voice) - Cameron Winter
16. Godzilla: The Series - The Winter of Discontent (1999) TV Episode (voice) - Cameron Winter
17. Will & Grace - Yours, Mine or Ours (1999) TV Episode - Peter
18. Fantasy Island - Handymen (1998) TV Episode
19. Where's Marlowe? (1998) - Jake Pierson
20. Suddenly Susan - 5,947 Miles (1998) TV Episode - Kenny 'The Hammer' Fleming
21. Suddenly Susan - Pucker Up (1998) TV Episode - Kenny 'The Hammer' Fleming
22. House Rules (1998) TV Series - William McCuskey
23. McCallum - Dead Man's Fingers (1998) TV Episode - Reporter 1
24. Rose Hill (1997) (TV) - John Stringer
25. Black Circle Boys (1997) - Coach Earhorn
26. Sweet Dreams (1996) (TV) - Dr. Jack Renault
27. Boys (1996) - Curt
28. Touched by an Angel - The One That Got Away (1996) TV Episode - Mark Monfort
29. Sisters - Angel of Death (1995) TV Episode - Charles 'Charlie' Holland
30. Melrose Place - They Shoot Mothers, Don't They? (1995) TV Episode - Williams
31. Melrose Place - The Doctor Who Rocks the Cradle (1995) TV Episode - Williams
32. Melrose Place - And Justice for None (1995) TV Episode - Williams
33. Murder, She Wrote - Crimson Harvest (1994) TV Episode - Henry Wilson
34. Murder, She Wrote - Family Secrets (1992) TV Episode - Neal Latimer
35. Chicago Hope - Over the Rainbow (1994) TV Episode - Doctor in Asylum
36. Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) - Chase Porter
37. Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth (1993) (TV) - Cody Mather
38. Homefront (1991) TV Series - Lt. Hank Metcalf (1991–1992)
39. China Beach - The Always Goodbye (1991) TV Episode - PFC Leslie Maltbie
40. China Beach - Independence Day (1989) TV Episode - Kid
41. Quantum Leap - The Leap Home: Part 2 (Vietnam) - April 7, 1970 (1990) TV Episode - Tom Beckett
42. Quantum Leap - The Leap Home: Part 1 - November 25, 1969 (1990) TV Episode - Tom Beckett

References

1. ^ Perceval Press - Skip
2. ^ Perceval Press
3. ^ http://www.mazmanian.net/perceval.jpg
4. ^ Official Site of Mother the Movie
5. ^ David Newsom Biography ((?)-)

External links

• David Newsom at the Internet Movie Database
• David Newsom's Official Website
• David Newsom at MySpace
• Detailed Interview with "ReadySteadyBook"

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Name	Newsom, David
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Date of birth	March 10, 1962
Place of birth	North Caldwell, New Jersey
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