David Lightfoot
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Australian film producer David Lightfoot is one of the most experienced and regarded production executives in Australia. His Credits include the highly successful 2005 horror/thriller Wolf CreekWolf Creek (film)
Wolf Creek is a 2005 independent Australian horror film written, co-produced and directed by Greg McLean. The story revolves around three backpackers who find themselves held captive by a serial killer in the Australian outback...
, The Weinstein Company’s action/thriller Rogue both written and directed by Greg McLean and most recently the Screen Australia financed thriller Coffin Rock
Coffin Rock (film)
Coffin Rock is an Australian melodramatic thriller directed by Rupert Glasson and produced by David Lightfoot. The movie stars Lisa Chappell, Robert Taylor and Sam Parsonson.-Plot:...
, with International Sales being handled by Bankside Films, London
London
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His past credits include Bad Boy Bubby
Bad Boy Bubby
Bad Boy Bubby is an Australian black comedy/drama film written and directed by Rolf de Heer. It stars Nicholas Hope and Carmel Johnson. It was released in 1993....
(1994) as the Production Supervisor/ Associate Producer, as Producer of the mini-series, Three Forever (1996), an Australian-Italian co-production, and Producer of the feature film ‘Spank!’ (1998). He was also Co-Producer and Line Producer of The Sound of One Hand Clapping
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
The Sound of One Hand Clapping is a 1997 novel by Australian author Richard Flanagan. The title is adapted from the famous Zen kōan of Hakuin Ekaku. The Sound of One Hand Clapping was Flanagan's second novel.-Plot summary:...
(1997), Consulting Producer on ‘Innocence’ (1999) and Line Producer on Japanese Story
Japanese Story
Japanese Story is a 2003 Australian romantic drama film directed by Sue Brooks. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...
(2003).
David Lightfoot commenced a traineeship at the South Australian Film Corporation
South Australian Film Corporation
South Australian Film Corporation is a South Australian Government statutory corporation established in 1972. Former State Premier Don Dunstan played an instrumental role in the foundation of the Corporation and its early film production activities....
in 1982. Since then, he has held numerous positions in the film industry in roles as varied as Location Manager, Production Manager and 1st Assistant Director before becoming a Producer. He has worked on a number of occasions with internationally renowned directors including Rolf de Heer
Rolf de Heer
Rolf de Heer is a Dutch film director, writer and producer living in Australia. De Heer was born in Heemskerk in The Netherlands but migrated to Sydney when he was eight years old. He attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School in Sydney. His company is called Vertigo Productions and...
, Greg McLean
Greg McLean
Greg McLean is an Australian film director, producer and writer.- Biography :According to the production notes for film Wolf Creek, "after training as a fine artist specializing in painting, McLean attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art , completing a graduate diploma in directing." In his...
and Paul Cox
Paul Cox
Paulus Henriqus Benedictus "Paul" Cox is an award-winning Australian film director.Cox was born in Venlo, Limburg, the Netherlands, the son of Else , a native of Germany, and Wim Cox, a documentary film producer. Cox emigrated to Australia in 1965...
, has line produced an array of Television productions and has frequently acted as consultant to the South Australian Film Corporation, Screenwest, NSW Film and Television Office, leading film study education institutions and completion guarantors.
He is also the founding director of the Shorts Film Festival, an Adelaide based National festival of short Australian films that awards the winning filmmaker with an all-expenses-paid trip to the Cannes Film Festival, offering the second biggest prize pool for a short film festival in Australia.
David was recently executive producer
Executive producer
An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
on Michael Craft's psychological thriller ‘Storage’ (2009) and Michael Henry's directorial debut 'Blame' (2010), officially selected to 2010's Toronto, Chicago and Melbourne's International Film Festivals.
He was also recently appointed to the board of Advantage SA and Adelaide, an organisation both funded by Government and from the corporate sector. It aggressively promotes the benefits the of the state of South Australia and its capital, Adelaide.