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David Loren Cunningham (born February 24 , 1971 ), an American film director and producer. David founded the Los Angeles-based production company Pray For Rain Pictures, Inc. and serves as its President. He was born in Switzerland and raised in Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i . Biography BACKGROUND His father, (YWAM) and the Unaccredited University Of The Nations , University of the Nations - accreditation an international, interdenominational Christian organization with campuses in over 100 countries with a special emphasis on education for the developing nations. David's IMDB biography At age 20, David Cunningham participated in a University Of The Nations Leadership Training School (LTS) in Santiago, Chile. His LTS project ''"centered on his call to be a missionary to Hollywood. It was a plan to create an independent film company whereby he could both influence the Hollywood film industry and produce major motion pictures which would carry a biblical values based message"''. A bio section of a training document for that event also stated that: ''" and his wife, Judith... feel called of God to influence society through this medium, keeping "one foot in the film industry and one foot on the mission field."''[http://www.ywamdtscentre.com/docs/Resources/Principles%20Made%20Practical.pdf#search=%22david%20cunningham%22 Principles Made Practical YWAM Handbook Cunningham studied film and graduated from both the Vanguard University of Southern California (VUSC)www.vanguard.edu/uploadedFiles/Alumni/Magazine/vumag_sum03.pdf(pg 11) and University of the Nations ( Hawai'i , Amsterdam , and Santiago, Chile campuses). David traveled with his father Loren to create a documentary about the world's most remote country - Pitcairn Island of "Mutiny on the Bounty" fame. Other films took him to the deserts of Egypt and Australia, and the inner city life of teen prostitutes living on the mean streets of Hollywood.http://starbulletin.com/2000/05/22/features/story2.html After filming parts of documentaries in over 40 countries, http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/10/prweb467213.htm Cunningham ventured into the independent feature film arena with his debut film Beyond Paradise .http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beyond_paradise/ In March 2000, ''. He filmed ''After'', one of his latest movies, under Moscow's Red Square in the secret tunnels built by Stalin . The movie''After'' http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/10/prweb467213.htm ''MEMBERSHIPS'' Cunninham is a member of the Traveler's Century Club, whose members can document visits to over 100 countries, David's biography at ABC Medianet and of the Directors Guild Of America . Directors Guild of America ''THE PATH TO 9/11'' CONTROVERSY See also: Cyrus Nowrasteh-The Path To 9/11 Controversy and The Path To 9/11-Controversy . Cunningham directed the controversial ABC , September 12, 2006. Official promotions of the film made varying claims about its factual basis: Fox TV on Sept 6, 2006, quoted the producers as saying the show was based "solely and completely on the 9/11 Commission report."http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/06/abc-fox However, On ABC's '' Path To 9/11 '' blog, Cunningham emphasized: "This is a movie or more specifically a docudrama. Meaning, it is a narrative movie based on facts and dramatized with actors." Path to 9/11 Blog by David L. Cunningham. Max Blumenthal reported in "The Nation" that Cunningham's Path To 9/11 had been heavily promoted by right wing activist David Horowitz and the conservative Liberty Film Festival and that ABC CEO David Iger had initiated a last-minute investigation and edit of the film. "ABC 9/11 Docudrama's Right-Wing Roots" , Max Blumenthal, TheNation.com , September 11, 2006 ''The New York Times'' reported that Mr. Platt producer of Path to 9/11 and Hope Hartman, a spokeswoman for ABC, said "the political and religious affiliations of the two men (Cunningham and Nowrasteh, the writer) had nothing to do with and did not influence the mini-series in any way." Edward Wyatt, New York Times Mr. Nowrasteh also defended Cunningham in an '' OpinionJournal.com '' column, arguing that criticism of the director's association with his father's Christian mission was akin to McCarthyism , in which "the merest hint of a connection to communism sufficed to inspire dark accusations." "The Path to Hysteria" @ opinionjournal.com , Cyrus Nowrasteh, September 18, 2006. THE FILM INSTITUTE In 2004, The Film Institute (TFI), a non-profit organization, was established by David and several University Of The Nations alumni. TFI became embroiled in the Path to 9/11 controversy when several bloggers claimed it funded or influenced the movie. TFI's primary purpose is to help aspiring Christian filmmakers through internships, scholarships, and seminars. Six unpaid TFI interns worked on The Path to 9/11 set among the approximately 140 other paid workers in order to gain experience about the filmmaking business. YWAM Founder's report Original members of the group, Mark and Krista Harris stated on their website, which was later removed, that TFI is a "auxiliary branch of Youth With A Mission... TFI's first project is a doozy: simply being referred to as: The Untitled History Project,(later renamed Path to 9/11) it is already being called the television event of the decade and not one second has been put to film yet."http://www.yuricareport.com/Media/YouthWithAMissionAndMakingOfFraudFilm.html According to Mark Harris' speech at a Latin American School of Digital Film {Link without Title} interns, placing them within the film industry, so that they can begin to impact and transform Hollywood from the inside out." Mark stated that TFI is "dedicated to a Godly transformation and revolution TO and THROUGH the Film and Television industry. TO it, by serving, living humbly with integrity in what is often a world driven by selfish ambition, power and money – transforming lives from within, and THROUGH it, by creating relevant and evocative content which promotes Godly principles of Truth married with Love."http://www.yuricareport.com/Media/YouthWithAMissionAndMakingOfFraudFilm.html Mark also stated that he was a volunteer coordinating TFI's interns. He rebutted the use of his quote as proof that TFI initiated or funded The Path to 9/11. http://www.markandkrista.com/ DIRECTOR - FILMOGRAPHY
The following are short films about which little is known. There is no record of their existence other than self-published websites. There is no record of any public showings. They may be student films, short promotional films financed by Youth With A Mission (Pacific Mercy Ships) or small budget self-financed films, but due to lack of any source of reliable information about them it is clear that they achieved no major distribution:
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