David Aaron Grove

Dave Grove is a screenwriter and actor originally from Utica, Michigan. Born at a United States Naval Hospital in Yokosuka, Japan on October 3rd, 1994, Dave is the youngest of three boys. His father was in the Marines and stationed at Marine Barracks Japan at the time of his birth and was later stationed at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twenty-Nine Palms, California. Shortly after that, Dave and his family moved to Michigan, where his father is originally from. There, he spent his childhood fascinated with Television and film with a large imagination. In 8th grade, Dave took a drama class and immediately fell in love with acting and continued to develop this passion through high school. It was during his Junior year that his best friend took a film class and introduced him to filmmaking. The summer following his Junior Year, in 2011, he and a few friends started a YouTube Channel known as Blue Tiger Media HD and spent the summer making short films and uploading them to YouTube. While serving primarily as an actor at first, Dave later became an editor, writer, director, and sound editor. This is where his passion for filmmaking began. During his senior year, he volunteered to produce an educational video for a school event known as the Physics Olympics, designed to test students in an entertaining way. He wrote, directed, edited, and starred in a short video called "A Galaxy Divided," which won first place in the video competition. He graduated from Utica High School in 2012 and subsequently joined the United States Marine Corps to serve as an Infantry Rifleman. During his service, he was stationed in Kaneohe Bay, Hawai'i and was sent to places such as Okinawa, South Korea, Guam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, The Philippines, and Hong Kong. During his time in the Marines, Dave discovered he had a knack for writing, often sharing what he wrote with members of his platoon to get feedback. He then chose to end his service after four years, in 2016, to pursue a degree in Screenwriting at the New York Film Academy, Los Angeles where he graduated in May of 2019.