David Rapsey has been a writer and producer with twenty-five years' experience in features and television drama. The films and television programs on which he has worked as producer include Fran (1985), Blackfellas (1992), Ship to Shore season one (1993), and Lake Mungo (2007).
He was story producer and script writer for the television series Raw FM (1998), and originated and produced a number of children's television series including Ship to Shore. The other programs for which he worked as script-writer include Haydaze (1990), Mercury (1996), Li'l Horrors (2000), Pirate Islands: A Modern Girl in a Pirate World (2003), and Wormwood (2007).
He has also worked as a director, including for the television programs Falcon Island (1981) and Kicking Around (1982), both written by Joan Ambrose, and Haydaze.
In addition to his work as an independent writer and producer, Rapsey was the head of development for Barron Entertainment for four years. He has worked as a consultant for the Australian Film Television and Radio School, Film Victoria, and the Film and TV Institute on a variety of writing and production incentives. More recently, he was a script manager for Film Victoria from 2002 to 2004. Prior to migrating to Australia in the 1970s, he worked as a film editor and director in Canada. Rapsey won the 1992 Human Rights Award for producing the feature film Day of the Dog.
(Adapted from Inside Film Press Release, 20 May 2002.)
