As a speaker/instructor, writer/filmmaker and artist/custody officer -- David J. Sperling is probably best known as the person behind the enigmatic documentary, "DRUNK IN PUBLIC", of which he spent the last 15 years following a man arrested over 450 times.  Out of necessity, Sperling shot the film in a minimalist fashion with virtually no budget, which adds to the film's honest and hard-hitting style.

     Sperling's experiences with troubled students and thousands of inmates, as well as his certifications, training & coursework, including degrees in psychology and education, lend to his reputation as a viscerally effective communicator.  His style has an alarming lack of pretense--combined with an unusual amalgam of education, experience, humor and honesty.  With his unorthodox personality as well as his training and experience in suicide prevention, Sperling has forged an unusually significant work environment.   His skills as a credentialed teacher, health & chemical dependency instructor and FBI-trained crisis negotiator supplement his inter-disciplinary love-inspired-socially relevant stamp on corrections, counseling, filmmaking & writing.

     The gritty and unnerving, "CRIME SCENE CLEANERS" was Sperling's first film.  It won a number of awards, most notably the Audience Award for Short Documentary at the Newport Beach Film Festival.  Sperling's second film, DRUNK IN PUBLIC has appeared in over a dozen film festivals (most recently capturing the BEST EDITING award at the Boulder Film Festival).  He has also completed over a dozen feature film screenplays, taken 50+ industry meetings and is currently working on two long term projects, which include, "THE BAD PEOPLE" (a 20 year journal of experience) and "HORRIBLY NORMAL" a dark dramatic comedy about identity and survival.  He is also working on another DVD--an accumulation of speaking events addressing the many unanswered questions posed in his film, "DRUNK IN PUBLIC".  The DVD will aslo include the unfilmed backstory, as well as the film's wide ranging impact, both personal and public.