David Chester

Tokyo, Japan

Shining Hour Entertainment

DirectorProducerScreenwriterSongwriter

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March 2014

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About David

David Hal Chester is an American screenwriter and prize-winning short filmmaker based in Tokyo. He writes female-driven dramas/thrillers with a focus on dysfunctional family dynamics. To date, he has ten produced features streaming on Lifetime TV/Movie Network, and Amazon Prime. His original screenplays have been finalists in numerous screenwriting competitions, and his short film “The Lesson” won the Tokyo Rainbow Reel Grand Prix and Torino GLBT Film Festival Best Short Film. David’s writing has benefitted greatly from Roadmap Writers’ Top Tier group, Corey Mandell screenwriting workshops and mentoring by writer/producer Ellen Sandler (“Everybody Loves Raymond”).

Unique traits: -Professional songwriter, pianist, music producer. -Have a deep understanding of Japanese culture (have lived in Tokyo for three decades).

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Poster to promote TILLIE, our coming-of-age period drama.

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Credits and awards listed on https://www.davidhalchester.com

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Killer Cheerleader (2020)
Film Writer
Dream Killer (2019)
Film Writer
Marriage Killer (2019)
Film Writer
Deadly Runway (2018)
TV Movie Writer
Kirabo-3 (2015)
Film Writer
Keepsake (2014)
Film Writer
Désirée (2012)
Film Writer
The Lesson (2011)
Film Writer
Isabel (2007)
Film Producer
Tomoko's Kitchen (2006)
Film Producer
Tekken 4 (2001)
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Shenmue (1999)
Video Game Actor
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Film See https://davidchester.com/ for more information.

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TILLIE Budget: $5M - $10M | Drama In 1890s Pennsylvania Dutch Country, an intellectually gifted farm girl rebels against her tyrannical father and risks her life to get an education to follow in the footsteps of her beloved teacher.
BIG SISTER Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama A successful woman abandons her career to save her destitute younger sister, but her efforts backfire and she becomes the one who needs to be saved.
PRINCESS. IN REVERSE. Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy When a pampered Jewish American Princess moves to Japan with her adventure-loving new husband in the 1990s, she must learn to adapt to two foreign concepts: living abroad… and marriage.