David J. Syczylo

David Jonathan Syczylo was born March 7, 1978 and Visual media has inspired David Jonathan Syczylo ever since watching "Star Wars - Return of the Jedi" for the first time on the big screen as a kid. He knew from that moment someday he would be working in the visual entertainment industry. David loves Sci-Fi, Horror, Action Adventure, Romance, and Musicals. The creature from "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" is one of his all time favorite classic movie monsters and "The Phantom of the Opera" is his favorite Broadway Musical, second is CATS. David loves puppetry from the Muppets, Fraggle Rock, to the Dark Crystal and more. Real interaction on set is something David favors over computer-generated imagery. As a kid David and his friends would take the video camera out and make video movies. David also built many items from Lego to models, even building custom play sets for his action figures. As he grew older his passion of building things progressed into props and costumes that have inspired other creators out there to follow his steps. David started his educational training by attending the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana where he got his training in traditional fine art skills and art history. His drawing professors told David that his style is that of Degas. From there he progressed into Visual Communications - Multimedia Specialty with a background in business practices while attending both I.U.P.U.I. (Indiana University, Purdue University of Indianapolis) and Ivy Tech State College, Indianapolis. He graduated with honors in 2001 as a member of Phi Theta Kappa. David had a mentor Ivan Rogers (1954-2010) who persuaded him to work in the visual entertainment field. Many doors opened up for David thanks to his mentor who he considered as his second father. David's first television commercial was one that was made especially for him for the Central Indianapolis Regional Blood Center in 1997 since David had a blood donation when in a serious car accident in 1989. David has also stared in other commercials from K-MART, WRTV Channel6 and a Wal-Mart commercial. In 2001 David created an interactive CD-ROM on Customizing the Star Wars Universe. This CD-ROM taught people how to customize and create their own Star Wars action figures, which went over extremely well in the customizing world of Star Wars toys. This CD-ROM is no longer being produced. In 2002 David worked for the Office of Air Permits at the Indianapolis Government Center where he helped create an informative training videos for state employees. In 2002 David was been contracted by Lucasfilm LTD on two occasions the first contract to create the six-foot tall 25th Anniversary and Thank You card that was on display in 2002 at the Star Wars Celebration II where fans from all over the world were encouraged to sign the card. This card was presented to George Lucas. Then again in 2004 David was once again contracted by Lucasfilm LTD to create a four-foot model of the Death Star that was displayed at the Star Wars Celebration III in 2005. In 2003 David worked on a short film "Carbonite" which won second place in the 2003 Atom Films Star Wars Fan Films. In 2007 David was lucky enough to be part of Chris Nolan's "The Dark Knight" as an extra. He played several background parts: #1-G.C.P.D. (Police Officer), #2- Businessperson, #3- Restaurant patron, and #4- Court Room filler. He was also lucky enough to follow around on set learning and helping out where he could. Since 2008 David has one of the lead roles in a horror film titled "Pray For Dawn". * was a background extra in the television series "The Beast" starring Patrick Swayze. Again he got to follow around crew and help out. * was a background extra in the television series "ER". * was an extra in the Johnny Depp film "Publc Enemies. In 2010 David was attending a "TRON Legacy" panel at SanDiego ComicCon and the audience was told to chant and the chanting became part of the crowd in the arena for the film. * was Script Supervisor for "Leah NOT Leia" by Karmic Courage Productions. In 2011 David got a part in "Transformers 3 - Dark of the Moon" where he started off as a background car driver, got placed into some crowd scenes and became a temporary production assistant while on set in Indiana and Chicago, IL. * David was in Pittsburg, PA and got to be part of the crowd for "The Dark Knight Rises" football stadium. In 2012 David got to be in a music video titled "Hangover" which is a spoof off of Tio Cruz's video "Hangover". * was script supervisor for a fan-promo-film "Static Shock". * was Script Supervisor for "Ingenue" by Karmic Courage Productions * portrayed Ricky in "2 to Tangle" by Son Films. In 2013 David got asked to be part of "Transformers 4 - Age of Extinction" and happily was an extra. In 2016 David was the Script Supervisor for "Submerged: Echo 51" by DV Entertainment Pictures. David has also been part of several other productions not listed through the years and hopes to continue to grow in the visual entertainment field. Most of David's video and theatrical experience has been off and behind the camera or stage using his skills to create props, costumes, scenery, and practical visual effects to setting up meetings and getting the business end of a project set in motion. David likes to interact with people and be involved with all aspects that make a project come together. With encouragement from both his parents to dream and have an active imagination David continues creating props, replicas, costumes, and more to fuel his creative imagination. David always being behind the scenes wanted to venture forth and get in front of the camera.