David Vassar

Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning David Vassar is a film and television writer, director and producer with more than 30 years of industry experience. His most recent film, California Forever, which he wrote, directed and produced with Sally Kaplan, is a two-part PBS television special that tells the story of California’s magnificent state parks from 1864 to the present. California Forever is scheduled to air in Fall 2012 on KQED, San Francisco’s PBS affiliate.

Mr. Vassar’s recent roster of films includes Discover Hetch Hetchy (2006), an award-winning film hosted and narrated by Harrison Ford. The film served as the centerpiece for the Environmental Defense Fund campaign to restore the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park. Save Our History – Yellowstone (2003) is a onehour special for the History Channel that examines Yellowstone’s current challenges set against the background of the park’s history. Spirit of Yosemite (2001) is a destination film about Yosemite National Park that was honored as the “Best Special Venue Program” at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. It was presented for two consecutive years at the Cannes Film Festival as an “Outstanding Achievement in Digital Cinema.”

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