Dave Chan

Writer
Screenwriter

New York City, New York

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November 2012

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About Dave

Dave Chan is an award-winning AAPI writer/filmmaker whose day jobs included working in the Medical Examiner's Office and at a bank doing IT—until he realized there was more life in a morgue. His scripts and short films have won or placed in over 50 contests worldwide including Austin Film Festival with one TV pilot currently in Coverfly's Top 2% of all half-hour comedies.

In addition, Dave recently produced "A Father's Son" a series proof-of-concept starring Ronny Chieng (Shang-Chi), Tzi Ma (Mulan), and Perry Yung (Warrior) adapted from a collection of popular detective novels written by Henry Chang.

Dave earned his MFA in TV Writing from Stony Brook University, a graduate program in partnership with Christine Vachon's Oscar-winning production company, Killer Films. He also teaches and inspires undergrads in his film and TV writing classes where he stays current on all the Gen-Z lingo.

Gender:
Male

Ethnicity:
Asian

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The Killer B's Action ⋄ Comedy When fugitive agent and super-soldier Jessica Blecher is tracked down by a ruthless CIA assassin, she must fight him off while navigating the perils of raising her tween daughter. THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT meets GILMORE GIRLS.

Credits

A Father's Son (2020)
Film Producer
The Secret of B (2019)
Documentary (Documentary) Subject, Producer
The Break (2018)
Film Co-Writer, Producer
Sure-Fire (2017)
Film Co-Writer, Producer
Rye Manhattan (2016)
Film Writer, Producer
8-Ball (2016)
Film by PTO Films, LLC / Adrian Manzano and Jose L. Cruz (Crime and Drama) Co-Writer, Executive Producer 8-BALL is a crime drama that chronicles the lives of Johnny and his three childhood friends in Queens, New York and their fateful encounter with neighborhood mobster, Ramone Torzo. Events that occurred 10 years ago in the gritty pool halls of New York City resurface and threaten Ramone's new high-powered life in modern-day Hollywood. Sensing the inevitable collision course with history, Ramone eventually discovers that a man can never truly escape his past. Featuring Paul Ben-Victor (The Wire, True Romance) and Johnny "Roastbeef" Williams (Goodfellas, The Mask), 8-BALL uses archived footage filmed over 10 years ago in New York City as flashbacks.
Come Back Hailey (2014)
Film (short) by Ela Thier (Comedy, Drama and Romance) Associate Producer When a jobless fuck-up loses his girlfriend, he recruits his friend to help get her back.
What's Eating Dad? (2014)
Film (short) by Michael Goldburg (Comedy and Horror) Producer When Chloe meets her boyfriend's parents for the first time, what's really for dinner is something she never imagined. Welcome to WHAT'S EATING DAD?, award-winning filmmaker Michael Goldburg's darkly funny portrait of family dysfunction... and other horrors. In the vein of Woody Allen meets 'Shaun of the Dead,' WHAT'S EATING DAD? is a horror comedy about literally surviving the future in-laws. In worldwide distribution.
Ambushed (2013)
Film by Anchor Bay Films / Giorgio Serafini (Action, Crime and Drama) Script Consultant In the frenetic underbelly of Los Angeles, Agent Maxwell closes in on an international cocaine smuggling operation run by criminal mastermind Vincent Camastra. When Agent Beverly Royce goes undercover with the drug dealers and finds herself deeper than she can handle - the case becomes personal for Maxwell who has to combat ruthless killers and dirty cops in an all-out action filled finale to bring the criminals to justice. Written by Ivan Wong