Producer/Co-Writer, Satoshi

David Rafailedes is a Detroit based writer/director/producer whose work focuses on satirizing the modern American experience. He is a 2024 Sundance Screenwriters/Directors Lab Fellow and the co-recipient of the Sloan Sundance Fellowship, NYU/Sloan Feature Film Prize and SFFILM Sloan Science in Cinema Grant. Rafailedes is the co-playwright of the hit off-Broadway play, “Cellino v. Barnes”, which was awarded Time Out New York’s Best Comedy of 2024. David is a recent alumnus of the NYU Graduate Film Dual Degree program receiving an MFA and MBA. Prior to graduate school, he was the digital department head on two Stephen Colbert-produced television shows.