David Geiss grew up in the 80s and 90s on a Saskatchewan homestead in Treaty 4 territory, and now lives on Vancouver Island on the traditional and unceded territory of the Songhees, Esquimalt, and W̱SÁNEĆ First Nations. He holds a Screenwriting MFA from the University of Victoria and a Film & Video Production BFA from the University of Regina. His first post-student film Queen City, about Regina's drag scene, won the Best Documentary Award at the Canadian National Youth Film Festival in Ottawa, while his followup docudrama Stubblejumper appeared at numerous festivals around the world; both were broadcast on OutTV. He directed the Back to the Land episode of OutTV’s documentary series OutSpoken, and the canine adventure film Bark to the Land. David has taught Screenwriting at UVic, served as programmer for Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival and the Living Skies Student Film Festival, spent nearly a decade as Festival Coordinator for Queer City Cinema Film Festival and Performatorium Performing Arts Festival, served as President of the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative and the U of R Pride Centre, and worked with other non-profits such as Victoria Car Share Cooperative and Modo Car Share Cooperative. He is currently the Executive Director at CineVic Society of Independent Filmmakers.