David Max Steinberg
Lecturer
College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
Television, Film, and New Media
School of Theatre, Television, and Film
SDSU
Bio
An M.F.A. graduate from the New York University Graduate Institute of Film & Television (1985), and a former I.A.T.S.E. Local 600 Director of Photography, Mr. Steinberg's directorial debut (the feature film "Severance" (1988)), won an invitation to appear in Italy at the Florence Feature Film Festival where it found international distribution with Fox / Lorber Associates, Inc.
He was represented with the William Morris Agency at 29. Preferring work behind the camera, David left the Morris agency and moved to Los Angeles where he collaborated with Menehem Golan and Yoram Globus of Cannon Films. He was the Director of Photography for the 1993 feature, “Silent Victim”, directed by Mr. Golan.
He joined I.A.T.S.E as a Director of Photography in 1992. His resume includes projects with Prince, Roxy Music, Lee Ritenour, Diamond Rio, Miles Davis, and Donald Fagan. Commercial clients include Booz Allen Hamilton, Harvard University, Good Morning American, Mike Nichols & Diane Sawyer, The DuBois Institute, Katherin Dunham Dance, PBS, and others.
Education
- M.F.A., New York University Graduate Institute of Film & Television (1985)
- B.A, UCSD Visual Arts (1980)