David de Vries
De Vries was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1961, and grew up in the inner suburb of Ngaio. He emigrated to Melbourne at an early age with his parents, where he lived until he was eighteen. After studying painting at RMIT he started his comic book career in the early 1980s with work for OzComics, Phantastique, MAD Magazine and Penthouse.
David de Vries
- Name
- David de Vries
- Born
- 1961
- Birthplace
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Occupation
- Filmmaker, screenwriter, director, producer, editor, cartoonist, writer, artist, publisher, designer
- Nationality
- Australia · New Zealand
- Languages
- English
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De Vries was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1961, and grew up in the inner suburb of Ngaio. He emigrated to Melbourne at an early age with his parents, where he lived until he was eighteen. After studying painting at RMIT he started his comic book career in the early 1980s with work for OzComics, Phantastique, MAD Magazine and Penthouse.
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Together with Gary Chaloner, Glenn Lumsden and Tad Pietrzykowski he established Cyclone Comics in 1985, to ensure that their characters could be published while remaining under their control. De Vries and Lumsden entered the American market through First Comics, Nicotat and Malibu Graphics with The Southern Squadron, a superhero team that had taken over the Cyclone title. Together they have drawn a new look version of The Phantom for Marvel Comics, have worked on Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Star Trek comics for DC Comics, The Eternal Warrior Yearbook for Valiant Comics, The Puppet Master for Eternity Comics and Planet of the Apes and Flesh Gordon for Malibu Comics. De Vries also worked on a number of projects as a writer, including The Thing From Another World for First Comics, Black Lightning and a Green Lantern annual for DC, as well as recreating the origin of Captain Boomerang with John Ostrander in an issue of the Suicide Squad. De Vries lives in South Australia where he founded the Barossa Studios with Lumsden, David Heinrich, Rod Tokely and David G. Williams, doing artwork for magazines like Picture, People, Ralph, The Australian Financial Review and The Bulletin. In 2009 de Vries wrote and directed a feature film, Carmilla Hyde, which won 'Best Feature' at the South Australian Screen Awards in March 2010 after winning 'Best Guerilla Feature' and 'Best Supporting Actress' at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. Carmilla Hyde has won nine awards, which also include 'Best International Feature' Swansea Bay Film Festival, 'Best International Feature' International Film Festival South Africa, 'Best Australian Feature' Sexy International Film Festival and 'Best Foreign Film' Minneapolis Underground Film Festival. De Vries has written a number of live action and animation scripts for such film and TV. He is course coordinator of the Advance Production Projects for the Third Year Film & Television students at UniSA, and the Festival Director for the Barossa Film Festival.
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Key facts
• Name — David de Vries • Born — 1961 • Birthplace — Wellington, New Zealand • Occupation — Filmmaker, screenwriter, director, producer, editor, cartoonist, writer, artist, publisher, designer • Genre — Adventure, Super Heros, Pulp Fiction, Thriller, Horror, Sci Fi, Fantasy, Comedy
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1961
David de Vries born at Wellington.
Australian Comic Books
Australian Comic Books
OzComics Oz Comics #1 1 - 2 McKerr-Whitfield Cyclone 1 Cyclone! Australia 1 - 4 Cyclone Comics Australia Cyclone! Australia 5 - 8 Southern Squadron 9 - 13 Southern Squadron Special: The Waldon File 1 Cyclone! Super Special 1 - 2 G.I. Joe Australia 1, 4 Dark Nebula 7, 8 Cyclone Redux: The Adventures of Flash Damingo & The Jackaroo 3 - 4 Southern Aurora Comics Southern Aurora Comics Presents 1 - 2 Issue One Comics Da 'n' Dill 1 Puffin Books Round The Twist 1 - 2 Paul Jennings 1997 Super Diary Steve Carter's Comic Nasties A Mission from God - Complete Uncut Version
American Comic Books
American Comic Books
Aricel Full Throttle 1 - 2 Comico Fathom 1 - 3 Srikeforce: America 1 Dark Horse Comics The Thing from Another World: Eternal Vows 1 - 4 Dark Horse Down Under 3 DC Comics Suicide Squad 44 Star Trek 34 Green Lantern Annual 3 Green Lantern Corps Quarterly 8 Black Lightning 9 -13 First Comics Grimjack 67 Mailbu/Eternity Comics Puppet Master 1 - 4 Puppet Master: Children of the Puppet Master 1 - 2 The Southern Squadron 1 - 4 Southern Squadron: The Freedom of Information Act 1 - 4 Bodyguard 1 - 3 Marvel Comics Marvel Comics Presents 148, 162 - 1965 The Phantom: Ghost Who Walks 1 - 3 Nicotat Boris The Bear 25 Valiant/Acclaim Eternal Warrior Yearbook 1 Magnus, Robot Fighter 34, 47 - 48 Rai and the Future Force 19
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