Dave Tourjé

Dave Tourjé is associated more with the art world than the film world, given his solo art career and as founder of the California Locos and Chouinard Foundation, but became fascinated with film during the making of the award-winning short doc about him and his art, entitled "L.A. Aboriginal", which won 7 Best Short Film awards internationally. After this, he took the challenge to Executive Produce the award-winning feature doc "Curly", which won 5 Best Feature awards internationally. He then stepped forward even more as Producer and Director for the short doc John Van Hamersveld CRAZY WORLD AIN'T IT, which was a collaborative creation with Director Christopher Sibley and Producer Ariana Capriotti, with writing by Andrew Van Wyk and Adam Cude, which world premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in February, 2019. Born in 1960 and raised in NELA (Glassell Park, Highland Park, Eagle Rock), Tourjé's work is a reflection of the multi-cultural DIY sensibilities of NELA. His work is known as a contemporary hybrid of low and high art, reflecting his real-life immersion in surf and skate, the LA punk and music scene, graffiti and other subcultures that thrived in the NELA of the 70's and 80's.