David Tester

Nonprofit Filmmaking

• Worked with 20+ nonprofits creating compelling short films that humanized global themes into engaging stories.
• This involved a great deal of communication and trust building with the people being filmed. It would often include filming in their homes and exploring sensitive and painful parts of their story in a compassionate and authentic way. Most of these were "one man band" operations from concept to completion.

Documentary Films

• EDDIE: The Cost of Greatness, acquired by Lionsgate in 2020. Feature length documentary film following Coach Eddie Sutton's life & career. Roles included Executive Producer acquiring $600k in funding and Director of Photography. This was a 4 year process that involved extensive team collaboration and organization.
• Butch: The Legend of Langston, winner of multiple film festival awards including Best Film and Best Cinematography. Short documentary film following a recognizable character with unknown origins living on campus since the early 1960s. Roles included Director, Producer, Editor.

Commercial / Sports

• Helped create, pitch, and execute multiyear commercial campaigns for Oklahoma State University, Devon Energy, and Langston University.
• Embedded filmmaking for Our Time (ESPN+) and OSUMAX, producing weekly episodes featuring behind the scenes storylines amidst the backdrop of their sports season. Included football, basketball, wrestling, baseball, and softball.