---
name: "David Zellner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-zellner"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T11:55:30.820386+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 Zellner

Director. Born 1 January 1974 in Greeley, Colorado, Stati Uniti.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1974, Greeley, Colorado, Stati Uniti
- **Also known as:** Девід Зеллнер
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Zellner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18325889, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0954655/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/558860

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Curse*](https://film.one/tv/the-curse.md) (77)

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## Biography

David Zellner is an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He was born in Greeley, Colorado, and is based in Austin, Texas.

He frequently collaborates with his younger brother Nathan Zellner under the name Zellner Bros. Zellner studied at the University of Texas film school and has directed independent features including *Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter* (2014), *Damsel* (2018) and *Sasquatch Sunset* (2024).

He directed three episodes of the series *The Curse* (2023) and has appeared as an actor in films such as *Ain't Them Bodies Saints* (2013), *Faults* (2014) and *The Art of Self-Defense* (2019).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Curse* (2023), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-curse.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

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

- *Alpha Gang* (2026), Writer, Producer, Director
- *Mother Mary* (2026), Thanks
- *Sasquatch Sunset* (2024), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- *The Curse* (2023), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-curse.md)
- *Some of Our Stallions* (2021), as Sam
- *The Art of Self-Defense* (2019), as Henry, Executive Producer
- *Support the Girls* (2018), Thanks
- *Damsel* (2018), Parson Henry, Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Also Starring Austin* (2018), Acting
- *Ghostbox Cowboy* (2018), Jimmy Van Horn, Story, Executive Producer
- *Person to Person* (2017), as Kent
- *Black Something* (2016), Director
- *There* (2015), as Thrill
- *Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter* (2014), Policeman, Director, Screenplay
- *Faults* (2014), as Restaurant Manager
- *Love & Air Sex* (2014), as Cab Driver
- *Computer Chess* (2013), Thanks
- *Ain't Them Bodies Saints* (2013), as Zellner
- *Tug* (2013), as Geno
- *Kid-Thing* (2012), Caleb, Screenplay, Director
- *Dignity* (2012), as Lamb
- *Slacker 2011* (2011), as Kid with Soda #1
- *Sasquatch Birth Journal 2* (2010), Director
- *Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Two* (2010), as The Businessman
- *Shit Year* (2010), as Hal Ashland
- *Beeswax* (2009), as Scott
- *Baghead* (2008), as Festival Goer
- *Goliath* (2008), Director, Writer
- *Pardon My Downfall* (2008), Director
- *Untitled (Thanks. Get in...)* (2008), as The Star
- *Aftermath On Meadowlark Lane* (2007), Mariachi Brother #1, Screenplay, Director
- *Redemptitude* (2006), Preacher, Director, Screenplay
- *PANICS* (2005), series, as Frank
- *Who Is On First?* (2005), Director
- *Foxy and the Weight of the World* (2005), Despicable young man, Screenplay, Director
- *Flotsam/Jetsam* (2005), Director, Screenplay
- *Quasar Hernandez* (2004), Writer, Director
- *Dear Pillow* (2004), as Phone Man #1
- *The Virile Man* (2004), Director, Screenplay
- *Rummy* (2003), Sam, Director
- *This Is John* (2003), Editor
- *Killer Bud* (2001), as Copy Guy
- *Frontier* (2001), Officer, Director
- *The Curve* (1998), as Deadhead #1
- *Plastic Utopia* (1997), James, Director, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![David Zellner](https://film.one/media/person/835412/gallery-3d141a43cc4b.jpg) David Zellner — Diana Ringo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/David_Zellner_in_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Press conference of Damsel at Berlinale 2018. Robert Pattinson, Nathan Zellner, David Zellner, Mia Wasikowska](https://film.one/media/person/835412/gallery-c3207d6333c3.jpg) Press conference of Damsel at Berlinale 2018. Robert Pattinson, Nathan Zellner, David Zellner, Mia Wasikowska — Diana Ringo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Damsel_-_Press_Conference.jpg/1280px-Damsel_-_Press_Conference.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![L to R: David Zellner, Michelle Logsdon, Kent Logsdon, and Nathan Zellner, Berlinale Reception 2018](https://film.one/media/person/835412/gallery-b31518356e2a.jpg) L to R: David Zellner, Michelle Logsdon, Kent Logsdon, and Nathan Zellner, Berlinale Reception 2018 — usbotschaftberlin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/David_Zellner%2C_Michelle_Logsdon%2C_Kent_Logsdon%2C_and_Nathan_Zellner%2C_Berlinale_Reception_2018.jpg/1280px-David_Zellner%2C_Michelle_Logsdon%2C_Kent_Logsdon%2C_and_Nathan_Zellner%2C_Berlinale_Reception_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![L to R: David Zellner, Michelle Logsdon, and Kent Logsdon, Berlinale Reception 2018](https://film.one/media/person/835412/gallery-f410b69fb222.jpg) L to R: David Zellner, Michelle Logsdon, and Kent Logsdon, Berlinale Reception 2018 — usbotschaftberlin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/David_Zellner%2C_Michelle_Logsdon%2C_and_Kent_Logsdon%2C_Berlinale_Reception_2018.jpg/1280px-David_Zellner%2C_Michelle_Logsdon%2C_and_Kent_Logsdon%2C_Berlinale_Reception_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![L to R: David Zellner, Michelle Logsdon, Kent Logsdon, and Nathan Zellner, Berlinale Reception 2018](https://film.one/media/person/835412/gallery-29fb8b76835f.jpg) L to R: David Zellner, Michelle Logsdon, Kent Logsdon, and Nathan Zellner, Berlinale Reception 2018 — usbotschaftberlin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Nathan_Zellner%2C_Berlinale_Reception_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![L to R: David Zellner, Michelle Logsdon, Kent Logsdon, and Nathan Zellner, Berlinale Reception 2018](https://film.one/media/person/835412/gallery-7f6f4b738951.jpg) L to R: David Zellner, Michelle Logsdon, Kent Logsdon, and Nathan Zellner, Berlinale Reception 2018 — usbotschaftberlin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Nathan_Zellner%2C_Berlinale_Reception_2018_%28cropped2%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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