David Maler was born on March 10th 1990 on a small fisherman's village off the coast of the Dominican Republic. His father, the renowned Argentinean artist Leopoldo Maler, built his studio on the mouth of the Chavon River, where the river meets the Caribbean Sea. In 2008 David Maler moves to New York, then London following his acting coach, Jack Waltzer. In 2009 he moves to Buenos Aires to study film direction at Universidad de Cine until his return to his native Dominican Republic in 2013 where he's acted in numerous important cinematographic productions. He co-founds Cacique Films along with his wife, actress Nashla Bogaert, and business partner Gilberto Morillo. At the age of 23 he writes, develops and later produces and directs his first feature film.
