David New

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS: CSA AWARD for best editing, documentary, for "Songs of Freedom" THREE GEMINI AWARDS for editing, performing arts, for "Ravel's Brain," "September Songs: the Music of Kurt Weill," and "Satie and Suzanne" GOLDEN SHEAF AWARD for best editing, fiction, for "Burnt Toast" GEMINI NOMINATION for best direction in a performing arts program, for “Dinner at the Edge” GOLDEN SHEAF NOMINATION for best direction in a drama, for “Dinner at the Edge” CHRIS AWARD for “Dinner at the Edge” Multiple other CSA and Gemini nominations for editing SELECTED DIRECTING CREDITS: THE POLAR SEA: The Northwest Passage in a changing world, seen through the eyes of scientists, artists, activists and the people who live there. Four episodes. MUSEUM SECRETS: Stories from the great museums of the world. Four episodes. TEACHING THE LIFE OF MUSIC: Feature documentary: social justice for children through classical music. WORKING OVER TIME: A series in which the host performs difficult jobs from history. THINGS THAT MOVE: Supervising director of three seasons of a series about vehicles of all kinds. LIVES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD: MUHAMMAD ALI: The great boxer, seen through the eyes of those whose lives he touched. KARL KOECHER: STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND: A Czech mole who successfully infiltrated the CIA, and with his wife, spent years swinging and going to sex clubs with the Washington elite. - INTERMEDIA-GLOBE SILVER AWARD, World Media Festival, Hamburg THE MAN WHO SAVED GEOMETRY: A visual journey into multidimensional space, through the eyes of the geometer Donald Coxeter. DINNER AT THE EDGE: A wordless performing arts film, featuring percussionists, dancers, circus artists, and a Teppanyaki chef. - CHRIS AWARD, Columbus Film Festival - FIVE GEMINI NOMINATIONS, including best performing arts program. Won for music. - FIVE GOLDEN SHEAF NOMINATIONS, including best arts program. Won for art direction. SEXUAL CENTURY: THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION: part of a series exploring the history of sexuality. Co-directed with Alex Gibney. - GOLD PLAQUE, Chicago Film and Television Festival SELECTED EDITING CREDITS: BEETHOVEN'S NINE: Feature documentary about the Ninth Symphony, the Ukraine War, cartoons, the Enlightenment, and more. CHARLOTTE'S CASTLE: Feature documentary about a historic building. - NOMINATED FOR CSA AWARD FOR EDITING. WHO OWNS THE WORLD: Four-part documentary series for ZDF. - NOMINATED FOR CSA AWARD, BEST FACTUAL SERIES. ENSLAVED: Series about the slave trade, with Samuel L. Jackson. HISTORY OF THE SITCOM: Ep. 7: Escaping Reality: Entertainment series for CNN. PROPAGANDA: THE ART OF SELLING LIES: Feature documentary. - NOMINATED FOR CSA AWARD FOR EDITING. EQUATOR 360: A four-part VR series using custom software. SON OF SAM: THE HUNT FOR A KILLER: Two-hour true crime documentary SONGS OF FREEDOM: A feature documentary and four-part half-hour series about an opera singer searching for her roots through gospel music. - NOMINATED FOR FOUR CSA AWARDS, WON FOR EDITING. BURNT TOAST: Short comic operas about love. - 2 GEMINI AWARDS AND 4 NOMINATIONS - GRAND PRIX, GOLDEN PRAGUE FESTIVAL MOZARTBALLS: Feature documentary about eccentrics who love Mozart. - CSC NOMINATION - 2 GEMINI NOMINATIONS INSIDE HANA'S SUITCASE: One child's story of the Holocaust, revealed by the surprising journey of her suitcase to Japan and beyond. - NOMINATED FOR A GENIE - NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY BEETHOVEN'S HAIR: Feature doc following a lock of hair through history and across the world. - 3 GEMINI AWARDS AND 2 NOMINATIONS - GOLDEN PRAGUE AWARD, Prague Film Festival YO-YO MA: INSPIRED BY BACH: The great cellist collaborating with artists from other disciplines. - ROCKY AWARD, Banff Film Festival (Falling Down Stairs) - GOLDEN APPLE AWARD, National Educational Film Festival (Struggle for Hope) - INTERNATIONAL EMMY (Struggle for Hope) Hope) SEPTEMBER SONGS: THE MUSIC OF KURT WEILL: Performances by Lou Reed, Elvis Costello, William S. Burroughs, Nick Cave, and many more. - FIVE GEMINI AWARDS, including best performing arts film - GRAND PRIZE of the IMZ Opera Screen Festival, as well as best in its category - GOLDEN APPLE AWARD, National Educational Film Festival - ROCKY AWARD, Banff Film Festival - GOLDEN GATE AWARD, San Francisco Film Festival - INTERNATIONAL EMMY OTHER INFORMATION: Background in music Fluent French, conversational Spanish, and rudimentary German and Portuguese