David Westhead
- Actor
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Westhead studied drama at Bristol University before going on to
RADA,from where he graduated in 1987. He was offered understudy roles
with the Royal Shakespeare Company but turned them down as he was
convinced he had a job with Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre. In the event
this fell through and he joined the grandly named Actors' Touring
Company,which toured but in which three men played all the roles. Since
then he has indeed performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company but in
leading roles,as well as in virtually all the television murder mystery
series in Britain. In 2002 he and two colleagues founded Wilton
Pictures,a production company specialising in making documentaries.
Also a lecturer in drama it was whilst he was teaching in South Africa
that he met a group of disadvantaged youngsters with potential as
photographers. Consequently,along with professional photographer John
Cole - who,like David,lives in Brighton - he set about putting them on
an eight week crash course in photography,enabling them to make a
professional living from it. The exhibition of their work,entitled
Wembley To Soweto was exhibited at London's South Bank in July 2011.