---
name: "David Owen Trainor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-owen-trainor"
fi1m_id: "david-owen-trainor"
imdb_id: "nm0870713"
tmdb_id: 1223829
wikidata_id: "Q5238282"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:39:06.936774+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Owen Trainor

## Identity

David Owen Trainor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-owen-trainor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-owen-trainor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0870713
- **TMDB ID:** 1223829
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5238282
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Owen_Trainor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5238282, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223829

Director. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Also known as:** David Owen Trainer, David O. Trainor, David Trainor, D. Owen Trainor
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Owen_Trainor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5238282, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223829

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Seinfeld*](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) (90)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Owen Trainor is an American television director, camera operator and technical coordinator. He began his career as a camera operator on the feature film *Paramedics* (1988) and worked in that role on early episodes of the sitcom *Seinfeld* in 1990 before becoming technical coordinator on the series from 1991.

Trainor directed two episodes of *Seinfeld*: 'The Secretary' (1994) and 'The Comeback' (1997). He also served as technical coordinator on series including *Ellen* and *Working*, and directed episodes of *Ellen*, *Working*, *Boston Common* and *Good Morning, Miami*. His last credited work dates to 2002–2003.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

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