David I. Strasser

David is an awardwinning film director and executive producer based in Vancouver Canada His movies are regularly screened to audiences worldwide on major television networks such as Hallmark Channel US Lifetime Television US Channel 4 UK TF1 France and the W Network Canada Davids projects have received numerous nominations in lead performance categories most notably from the Canadian Screen Awards and the Leo Awards A prolific television movie director David has helmed nearly two dozen holiday romance mystery and thriller projects over the past five years His most recent movies include The Wives Club 2024 Dial S for Santa 2023 and Mistletoe Connection 2023 Currently David is executive producing and directing the Hallmark Mystery original Engaged to be Murdered 2024 In addition to directing David has overseen the script development of several movies including The Picture of Christmas 2021 A Snapshot of Forever 2022 Mistletoe Match 2022 Loves Secret Ingredient 2023 and Royally Yours At Christmas 2023 David is an alumnus of the prestigious TIFF Filmmaker Lab was a JETS Talent Lab participant at the 68th Berlinale and received the Telus STORYHIVE Banff Fellowship His feature projects have received development funding from Telefilm Canada and Bell Medias Harold Greenberg Fund A Film Production graduate of Vancouver Film School David also holds a Juris Doctorate from the Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia