The Brooklyn Vitagraph Company was founded by filmmaker David Teague to create independent films of all kinds. When not making his own films, David works as an editor. Films he has edited have won an Oscar, been nominated for an Oscar, won multiple awards at Sundance, and played in competition at Cannes, Berlin, Hot Docs, Silverdocs, Tribeca, Full Frame, and True/False, amongst many others. Brooklyn Vitagraph also produces promotional and educational films, music videos, and web video with an emphasis on clients working in the arts.
David Teague Bio:
David recently directed the award-winning documentary “Intifada NYC”, which is currently playing festivals
and broadcast outlets internationally. He edited Cynthia Wade’s “Freeheld,” which won the 2008 Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short Subject and the Special Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. He also edited Jennifer Redfearn’s documentary “Sun Come Up” which has been nominated for a 2010 Academy Award®. David edited and was a lead cinematographer on Cynthia Wade’s award-winning film “Born Sweet” which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Festival. His documentary directing work also includes Our House, co-directed with Greg King, which premiered at Hot Docs 2010 and is playing currently on the Documentary Channel. David directed, shot, and edited the Super 8 feature Love Suicides based on a classic Japanese bunraku play which has played underground and Super 8 festivals worldwide. For television, he has edited spots for Sesame Street and shot an episode of Logo’s series “Be Real“. David has also shot and edited many music videos with Flip Productions for artists such as David Bowie, Laurie Anderson, Roseanne Cash, and Dolly Parton. His camera and editing work in numerous films has screened at Cannes, the Berlinale, SXSW and the Tribeca Film Festival, among many others. He has also directed two plays with the Coffey Street Playhouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn. He is the founder of Flicker NYC, a festival of new Super 8mm films which has held over twenty events, screened hundreds of Super 8 movies, and celebrates it’s 10th anniversary in 2011. Along with having taught cinematography and editing at Downtown Community Television, the New School, Brooklyn College and Long Island University, he is the author of three best-selling guides to film editing with Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express. David lives in Brooklyn, NY, with Annie Wedekind and their son Henry Wedekind, who is three.