David Birner

I grew up on the visceral, atmospheric American cinema of the 80s and 90s. I'm a self-taught writer and director, a visual storyteller who believes in the power of a single image to silence a room.

I believe in worlds you fall into and never want to leave. Movies you watched twice the same weekend because once wasn't enough. That's what I want to make.

No agenda. No message forced down your throat. My stories always center around a human being - alone, afraid, his contradictions, stripped of everything, his desperate will to survive. That's where real drama lives. And the question of what remains when there's nothing left to hold on to. Dark worlds. Apocalyptic. Cold. Because that's the side of life I'm drawn to - the broken parts, the fractured souls, the ones holding on by a thread. Broken characters searching for redemption in worlds that don't offer it easily. That's what I find endlessly fascinating, and endlessly cinematic.

But make no mistake - I want you entertained. Gripped. On the edge of your seat. Worlds that pull you away from your own life for 90 minutes and refuse to let go.

That's the films I've always wanted to make.

I am currently developing several feature film projects under my Purple Visions banner.

David Birner
vision@davidbirner.com
For directing inquiries only