- Height6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
- True, formerly known as "David Riggins," is a native of Los Angeles, CA. He got his start in the film industry in the late 1980s as a Scenic Artist / Muralist at Roger Corman Studios in Venice Beach, CA, the renowned springboard for such filmmakers as James Cameron, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert DeNiro, Ron Howard, Jack Nicolson, Martin Scorsese, and many others.
He studied psychology at Sarah Lawrence College and filmmaking and design at The Art School of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (BFA, 1996). He has received international acclaim as a Graphic Artist, with his work being featured in numerous design books, magazines, and conferences, as well as in newspapers, television and radio programs around the world.
In 2013, he founded TRUEstories Productions, an independent film production company, now in pre-production on a feature-length documentary scheduled for release in 2015.
He has taught and / or spoken on Art, Design, and New Media at institutions such as The Cooper Union Art School, The New School University, Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, Rhode Island School of Design, Sarah Lawrence College, and others.
He has lived in Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn, since 1999, where he has received numerous public art commissions, and founded a free annual children's film festival called The KIDflix Film Fest of Bed-Stuy!- IMDb Mini Biography By: TRUE
- He was accepted into all three schools to which he applied - Sarah Lawrence College, Hampshire College, and The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
- Properties he has owned have been used in numerous film productions, including "Uncertainty" (2005) and "Two Night Stand" (2013).
- In 1990, he appeared as one of the "unsuspecting patsies" on the Barry & Enright Productions hidden camera game show "Hold Everything.".
- Brooklyn, NY, USA
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