Director Timothy David

Before moving into feature filmmaking, Timothy David built an award-winning international career in advertising and branded entertainment. His work for Unilever was recognised by Adweek as the #1 Campaign of the 21st Century, and has been awarded at Cannes Lions, including two Grand Prix, D&AD, the Clios, including a Grand Clio, and numerous other major industry awards.

Tim was named one of the World’s Top 50 Creative Thinkers by Creativity Magazine and was included in Time Magazine’s Top 200 Most Influential People in the World after writing, directing and editing two groundbreaking branded short films.

He is the co-founder of Piro Inc. in New York, with producer Daniel M. Rosenberg, and of Piro Australia Pty Ltd.

At Piro, Tim co-wrote and directed Chipotle’s Hulu series Farmed and Dangerous. The series ranked highly in the Participant Index for its ability to persuade audiences, was recognised at Cannes for effectiveness and received multiple awards for creativity.

He also served as an executive producer on Odd Mom Out, starring Jill Kargman. The series ran for three seasons and was named by Time magazine as one of the 15 best television shows of the year.

His debut feature film, Kangaroo Island, won Best Australian Director at the London Director Awards and Best Debut Feature at the Montreal Independent. Made independently and without studio backing, the film played in Australian cinemas for more than 100 days before launching on Netflix Australia in January 2026, where it debuted at #2, behind the same-day premiere of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s The Rip, and remained among the platform’s top films for several weeks.

Kangaroo Island has been hailed by audiences and critics as one of the best Australian films in years. At the Chicago International Film Festival Summer Screening, the film received an audience score of more than 9.2/10 and later earned four nominations from the Film Critics Circle of Australia, including Best Film.

David Williamson, the acclaimed playwright and screenwriter of Gallipoli, described it as one of the best films to come from Australia—or from any country—in years. Joe Curdy of the Fixate & Binge podcast called it “one of the finest independent films we’ve seen,” while prominent film critic Scott Mantz described it as “exceptional” and compared it to the Cannes Grand Prix-winning and Academy Award-nominated film Sentimental Value.