David Shor

Background

About David Shor

David Shor has an extensive background in entertainment management, motion picture and live performance production, consulting and finance. He has served startup clients as well as Fortune 500 companies in numerous industries in the US Western Europe and the Middle East. Mr Shor is the founder and CEO of David Shor Productions, headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. Mr Shor produced his first show in 1975 as part of the kickoff celebrations for the USA bicentennial. DSP recently announced a new project with its partner company SummitView Productions, through which they will produce high technology live performances, the first of which being a stage show, “I Feel Good," featuring the life and music of James Brown as told through the eyes of his 50 year assistant and most trusted advisor, Roosevelt RJ Johnson in his book “Holding The Coat”. Shor is also the managing director and lead producer of Sleepless In Seattle Management, formed to bring that iconic title to the stage in London’s West End. The reviews were quite good.The government allowed Sleepless to open based upon its own COVID Protocol However the show was eventually shuttered by the government as were all theaters in the UK. The show will re-open on the West End once theaters are allowed to re-open. Shor has held senior executive positions with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.(now KPMG), Mc Donnell Douglas Corporation (now Boeing), Ferranti International Healthcare Systems Corporation, Pentamation Enterprises, Micro Healthsystems (now McKesson Corp.), and University of Maryland Medical System. Mr. Shor serves on numerous corporate and not-for-profit boards. Mr. Shor served as President of the Tahoe-Reno International Film Festival and the Producer's Network of the Cannes Film Festival, serves on the board of the Santa Barbara Police Foundation, served as Chairman of the Board and President of the Ojai Ventura International Film Festival and he served on the board of the Ray Bradbury Theater and Film Foundation and the Dos Pueblos Performing Arts Advisory Board.