About

David Feehan is an actor and filmmaker originally from St. John’s, NL, now living in Calgary, AB. After graduating from Memorial University with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) and a Diploma in Performance and Communications Media, he worked as an Assistant Producer at the film production company Morag Loves Company. David also served as an Artistic Associate of the theatre company GraveYard Shift Productions, where he produced and acted in several plays.

In 2011, David began independently producing videos for local businesses, not-for-profits, and arts organizations. After collaborating on many projects with Pilot Communications in St. John's, he served as their Creative Director before packing up and moving to the mainland.

As a narrative filmmaker, he has written, produced, and directed several short films. Finger Guns (2026) premiered at the Calgary Underground Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Canadian Short.

CAPTCHA (2023), won the Audience Choice Award at the Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Short Narrative Film, Best Male Actor (David Feehan) and Best Female Supporting Actor (Catherine Vielguth) at the Central Alberta Film Festival. It is currently available to watch on CBC and CBC Gem.

Some of his other shorts include BreakIn(g), which won the DC Shorts Screenplay Competition in 2014 and the Audience Choice Award at the Nickel Independent Film Festival in 2015, and Jacob1234, which was also picked up by CBC’s Canadian Reflections in 2018 for broadcast and online streaming. More recently, Wait-and-See (2025) garnered a Best Performance nomination at AMPIA’s Rosie Awards for the lead in the film, Catherine Vielguth.

David created, wrote, and starred in the short form series Department of Paranormal Affairs, which he produced with Dept. 9 Studios in Edmonton. The series was released in 2024 and is available on Hollywood Suite and Prime Video in Canada, as well as Tubi, Roku, and other platforms internationally. The series has won several awards including Best Writing at the Rio Webfest, Best Production at the Apulia Webfest, and Best Production at the Tuscany Webfest. It was also nominated for Best Web Series at the AMPIA Rosie Awards. He is currently developing the project into a half-hour comedy with Dept.9 Studios ("Dark Match") and Anthony Q. Farrell ("The Office.")

David’s television pilot script, Drop Dead Gorgeous, was a finalist in the 2021 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition.

David is also a trained actor with a BFA in Acting from the University of Alberta, where he graduated with Distinction. He has acted on stage and appeared on film and television. His credits include This Too Shall Pass (film), The Umbrella Academy (television), and Maudie (film), among others.