Award-winning producer and director David Barrett has a long history of creating media using new technologies, while retaining the core values of good  storytelling. The son of Academy Award-winning producer Terry Sanders, David begin his media career as the CEO of Aegis Development, publishing animation software (now known as Lightwave 3D from NewTek) and developing short videos involving auto racing. Within a few years, David was producing and directing motorsports programming for FOX Sports Net, and editing music videos for VH1 and MTV. He was executive producer of the first broadcast video (Only a Woman’s Heart by Eleanor McEvoy) produced completely on the desktop, featuring the first release of Adobe Premiere and the Apple Macintosh.

In addition to producing other music videos and short films, David worked closely with Apple Computer, creating three years of tours on digital video; and creating the worldwide training program for desktop video (for Apple), and the strategic white paper for the purchase by Apple of what is called Final Cut Pro from Macromedia. He consulted to Apple on numerous topics, including active participation on the then CEO’s advisory board for digital media, authoring of white papers related to video, the web, and music, and production of multiple trade show events for Apple. He also produced numerous interactive CD-ROMs for the QuickTime team. David consulted to the president of Radius and created the name and product strategy for the Radius VideoVision Telecast product.

During the past few years, David has worked almost exclusively with HD productions, including sports documentaries and portraits. He has specific expertise in documentary, event, education and automotive market segments, but often works in a variety of arenas.

His clients can be found all across North America and on occasion, overseas. He has served as senior advisor to the President & Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Museum and  Memorial and is now part of a new education on fire/life safety for children and seniors in Los Angeles, in partnership with the William Rolland Firefighter Foundation.

Along with his wife, Cameron, and several members of his team, David has been researching and collecting video content for a documentary series on the history of the Los Angeles Fire Department.