David Bales(V)

David Sinclair Bales was born on Christmas Day, 1983, at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. When he was six months old his family moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where his father Philip completed his service as a dentist in the Air Force. In 1986 the family moved west to Astoria, Oregon, where Dr. Bales bought a dental practice that he operated for the next twenty-five years. While his mother Ann taught special education in the Astoria School District, David and his older sister Addie grew up in this quiet community at the mouth of the Columbia River. His first exposure to the world of filmmaking came at the age of six, when Universal Pictures used his elementary school during production of the feature film Kindergarten Cop. In addition to acting as a background player, David was handpicked by his kindergarten teacher to assist in building one of the sets for the film, as the art director wished to have a child's touch in the design. David and Addie would later be pictured alongside their principal in an article about the film for People Magazine. David became an outstanding student athlete and Eagle Scout, graduating from Astoria High School in 2002 before moving to Seattle where he studied Drama at the University of Washington. He gained experience acting, producing, writing, and directing for the stage before receiving his Bachelor's in 2006. After working with a number of theatre companies in western Washington, David co-founded a fringe company in 2008 called Robot Arms Theatre which gained acclaim in the Seattle underground theatre scene for its unique style of performance. The company disbanded in early 2010 after staging David's first full length script called An Apt Description Of Love for its final production. David moved to Los Angeles in 2011 to pursue a career as a writer and filmmaker, where he continues to live and work to this day.