Parker – as he is most commonly known - is a Renaissance man. His working life has been a mix of photographer, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and director of film, and TV commercials. He has a strong mechanical bend and his comedic skills are well known in his writing and his irreverent speeches. 

After dropping out of Engineering at Queensland University, Parker journeyed in a 1949 Riley, firstly to Mt. Isa to mine and then to Melbourne to study photography.  As a stills photographer he shot film,TV, theatre and legendary musicians throughout the 1970s including the Beatles, ABBA, ACDC, Skyhooks and his beloved Mondo Rock. In 1986, he wrote, shot, and produced his first movie, Malcolm (1986), directed by his wife, Nadia Tass. Malcolm was a critical and box office hit. Those set of skills continued with Rikky and Pete (Gold ACS award for cinematography, The Big Steal (AFI award for Best Screenplay), Amy (Cannes Junior winner) and Matching Jack (Best Picture, Best Screenplay Milan International Film Festival). David worked for Francis Ford Coppola on the TV pilot of his spin-off of The Outsiders, then shot Pure Luck for Universal with Danny Glover and Martin Short. David produced Hotel de Love for Village Roadshow and Irresistible with Susan Sarandon, and Emily Blunt. He has directed feature films most famously the cult hit Hercules Returns.

David was a Commissioner of the Australian Film Commission in the mid 90s and a board member of Film Victoria from 2011 to 2019. He also sat on Film Victoria’s Evaluation Advisory Committee.