RECENT PRODUCTION WORK:
  • 'Ultra Violet for Sixteen Minutes': 16:00 - Documentary. "Totally engaging." - Albert Maysles. Ultra Violet, former Warhol "superstar," member of Salvador Dali's intimate inner circle, and a significant artist herself, speaks of her life and of her rebirth. After breaking off an affair with painter Ed Ruscha, Ultra Violet finds herself clinically dead and seeking God's forgiveness. Her spirit returns to her body, and she soon becomes a born-again Christian, then Mormon. In this film, she poses for a contemporary screen-test and speaks on her life, fame, and the relationship of art and religion, of artists and divine messengers. Includes photographs from her past and Andy Warhol's screen-test of Ultra Violet from the 1960's. Directed by David Henry Gerson. Edited by Dov Yellin. (see below for trailer)


  • 11/4/2009: 'A Change Had Come:' 8:51 - Documentary. On November 4th, 2008, Curtis Brown, Pastor of the Highways and Hedges Baptist Church in New Bern, North Carolina sings Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come" with a twist - he states, "A Change HAS Come." After the historic election of Barack Obama, Pastor Brown speaks of the change that had come. Featuring Curtis Brown, Eli Lichter-Marck, members of the Obama for America Campaign and the Democratic Party members of New Bern, North Carolina. Photographed and Produced by David Henry Gerson. Edited by Dov Yellin. (viewable below)


  • 12/17/2008: 'Behind the Ingredients' - Joan Nathan talks with chef Daniel Rose in his Parisian Restaurant, 'Spring.' Produced by David Henry Gerson for The New York Times. (Click below logo for video)



  • April 2007: The US Premiere of 'On Religion' - a 'theatre-essay" by Mick Gordon and AC Grayling.
    "a play, an experiment, a meditation... gripping theatre." -Sunday London Times

    ON RELIGION premiered in November 2006 at the SoHo Theatre in London to rave reviews. In its US Premiere at Columbia University, theater is brought to the academic arena to challenge one of today's most controversial and demanding topics. In ON RELIGION, Grace, a militant atheist, clashes with her recently converted Christian son. When he is suddenly killed in a suicide bombing, the conflict between her grief and her principles threatens to rip her and her family apart.

    Directed by David Henry Gerson. With Marguerite Van Cook, Ana Cruz Kayne, John Beck, and Tim Hayes. Music by Anton Glamb, and Video design by Alex Koch.


    Post-show discussion and gospel-band reception will follow each evening performance. ON RELIGION is a Columbia University production sponsored by The Augustine Club, The Bhakti Club, The Columbia Forum of Science and Religion, CUARTS, The Current, CU Players, Hillel, The Inter-faith Fund, The Italian Academy, The Kraft Fund, The Muslim Student Association, The Office of the University Chaplain, The President and Provost's Fund, SGB and Towards Reconciliation. (click below icons for respective reviews.)

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ABOUT DAVID HENRY GERSON

DAVID HENRY GERSON
New York, NY
DAVID HENRY GERSON grew up in Washington DC and studied theatre, film, visual arts, and literature at Columbia University. He has trained as an actor at the Ivana Chubbuck studios in LA, the Meisner technique with William Esper, and at The British American Drama Academy in London. He currently studies with Wynn Handman in New York City. David’s film and television credits include the leading role in the short film Junior, David Mamet's FOX TV Show The UNIT, PBS and various commercial projects. His stage acting credits include the role of Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (NYC 2009), Sir Willful Witwoud in The Way of the World (Oval Theatre, London), Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro (Columbia University - Dir. Diane Paulus), and the role of young Bertram in All’s Well That Ends Well (The Shakespeare Theatre, D.C. - Dir. Michael Kahn). In 2007, he co-produced and directed the US Premiere of Mick Gordon and AC Grayling’s ‘theatre essay’ entitled On Religion. With actor and filmmaker Prince Sirak Sabahat, he co-founded Exodus Films, a film company committed to effecting social change.
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