D. David Morin

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Biography

D. David Morin was born and raised in Hollywood, California. He took Rita Wilson won over 7 film festival awards including Best Feature, Most Inspiring, Best Dramatic Film, Audience Favorite, and more. He acted in the Kenyan indie LEO, and later in 2011, Morin moved to Nairobi, Kenya, and founded Slingshot Productions Africa and the Slingshot Seminar Series in the Cinematic Arts teaching Screenwriting, Directing, Editing, Producing, and Acting. His Hollywood Acting Master Class produced some of Kenya's top players. He also has taught workshops at the Irresistible Drama Conference and The University of Nairobi. His career as a filmmaker continued with "The Sea Turtles of Lamu", a wildlife documentary shot entirely on the coast of Kenya. While in East Africa he also worked for CNN, was Shooting Director for "Cycle to Rwanda" documentary, and Shooting Director for the BBC's "Ideas Exchange" in Ethiopia. Work took him repeatedly to Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan, and Ethiopia. He acted in "The Agent", an Amharic feature film in Addis Ababa. In 2014 he moved to Cape Town, South Africa, where he recently worked with Bill Paxton in Game Changer. He also is the founder and facilitator of the Hollywood Acting Master Class in Cape Town. Morin remains single, loves teaching, and swimming.

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·producer·writer
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 20 April 1955
  • Place of birth
  • Los Angeles

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Trivia

Nephew of actress Patricia Ellis.

Son of actress Marty Morin.

Rita Wilson (Mrs. Tom Hanks) was his Senior Prom date at Hollywood High School.

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