David Lawless is an award-winning film director and creative director. He is known for blending emotional truth with a strong visual language that is lyrical, raw and subtly surreal. His style balances impressionistic storytelling with tactile realism, elevated through use of light, texture and rhythm. His work often features character-driven narratives, where individuals and their emotions are captured in visually arresting portraiture.

 

His creative career began at 16, playing in bands, directing music videos, and photographing editorial features and album artwork. That early immersion in music and subculture continues to inform his instinct for mood, pacing and emotionally resonant imagery.

 

Lawless is drawn to stories that explore identity, memory and place, often told with restraint and a poetic edge. His work invites feeling over explanation, creating space for emotion to emerge through atmosphere, gesture and tone.

 

Born in France, he studied at the National Film School of Ireland and currently splits his time between Los Angeles, Portland and London.