David Wexler is a freelance editor, composer, and visual artist

who for three years has been studying synaesthetic and mystical

states in relation to media at Santa Monica College. He is the

proud son of acclaimed production sound mixer Jeff Wexler

(Almost Famous, the Last Samurai, Bound for Glory) and the

proud grandson of cinematographer Haskell Wexler (Who’s

Afraid of Virginia Wolf?, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,

and Medium Cool), David Wexler’s credits include :

2007 - Editor and Co-Producer of EcoSutra, a documentary

featureabout emerging energy technologies, permaculture,

and a plethora of solutions for the global energy crisis.

2006 - Visual artist/designer of eight 5x8 public works for

Santa Monica College, promoting ecological sustainability

and recycling.

2006 - Visual designer, editor, co-composer, and

co-cinematographer of Din of Celestial Birds (directed

by E. Elias Merhige [Shadow of the Vampire, Begotten])

      -an official selection of the Telluride Film Festival 2006

      -premiered on Turner Classic Movies 2006

      -screened at the Morgan Library and Museum in NY

2005-06 - Director and designer of Phoenix Rising, in

collaboration with visual philosopher Leigh J. McCloskey

      -screened at a conference in Weimar, Germany

       (Esoteric Quest for Central Europe)

      -screened at the Bloomsberry Gallery in England

      -screened at the New York Open Center, NY

      -screened at a Women’s History Month event, Malibu, CA

      -screened at Pacifica University, Santa Barbara, CA

      -screened at the Arena One Gallery in Los Angeles, CA

      -screened at the Electric Lodge Gallery and Performance

       Space in Venice, CA.

      -screened countless times at Olandar Foundation,

       Los Angeles CA

2006 - Director/Editor/Composer of Holographic Landscapes :

Synaesthetic Studies of Natural Sequences in Relation to God

and Reality

       -screened at the Upstairs @ the Market Gallery, downtown

        Los Angeles 2006

2005-2006 - While be mentored by Linda Lopez and involved

in the Art Mentors Program, he screened more than a dozen

experimental shorts and installations at Santa Monica College,

including :

        -Hello Elohim (an exploration of programming and being

         programmed in the modern world)

        -Metakinetic Painting 101 (an installation allowing viewers

         to paint with video feedback loops)

        -Only Between Equals (a psychadelic excursion through the

         mind of an omniscient infant)

2004-2005 - Organizer and promoter of nine NuOpSys.com

Group Exhibitions

     

        -featuring up and coming musicians, film-makers, actors,

        and visual artists, such as Matt Freund, Hunter Canning,

        John Hirschmann, Ariana Tosatto, Steve Ellison (a.k.a. Flying

        Lotus), and Nuttaphol Ma.

2004 - Wexler attended a year of film-school at the Academy

of Arts in San Francisco, before moving back to Los Angeles

to pursue his studies in mystical states and experimental video

installation.

1999 - Director, writer, and editor of Check, Please, winner of

the  AMC Young Film-maker’s award.

1992 - Winner of the International Young Eco-Inventors Award.