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David deVries has produced, directed, written and photographed television documentaries in 31 countries for American and international networks. His credits include:
- “Turmoil and Triumph - The George Shultz Years”, a 3-hour series which aired in July, 2010 on PBS.
- “T.R.: An American Lion” - The History Channel. This 3-hour special on the life of Theodore Roosevelt took two years to complete. Richard Dreyfuss performed the voice of TR. It was awarded a 2003 CINE Special Jury Award for Best Historical Documentary.
- “Egypt: Beyond the Pyramids" - The History Channel. A 4-hour look at discoveries in Egyptology filmed at locations throughout Egypt. Nominated for an Emmy Award as Best Non-Fiction Special of 2001. Won the New York Festivals Gold Medal for Best Writing.
- “The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai”. This 2-hour special told the tragic story of the Thailand-Burma Railway, the infamous Railway of Death, which cost the lives of sixteen thousand Allied P.O.W.’s during WW2. British actor Edward Woodward narrated the special which was nominated for Canada’s Banff Award, the ABC News Award and a 2000 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries. The program won the New York Festivals Award for Outstanding Documentary. Filmed in Thailand, Australia, England and Japan.
- Additional work includes “Fields of Freedom”, a $4MM, wide screen film which he wrote and directed for a new visitor center at Gettysburg, PA. The thirty-minute, drama recreates Pickett’s Charge, the heroic but suicidal action on the third day of this critical battle.
In 2008, David was again nominated for an Emmy, for writing the 2-hour History Channel special, "Life Without Peopl".
David has developed and created work for the award winning nature series, “Survival” for Britain’s Anglia Television and “The World About Us” for the BBC. In addition, he has created documentary programming for PBS, CBC, NBC, A & E, The Discovery Channel and Time-Life.
His dramatic credits include writing and directing “Home At Last”, a period drama starring Adrian Brody for PBS. He’s directed episodes for Laurel Entertainment’s syndicated series “Tales From the Dark Side” and the Fox Network series “Class of ’96.” He developed dramatic projects as producer/director for Disney Television and Disney Pictures.
David studied acting and directing with Uta Hagen at the Bergoff Studio in NYC. He and his wife Eleanor reside in Argyle, NY.
Pat MacMonagle is a retired business executive, with a career at GE. Since retiring, Pat has been providing business consulting expertise in the areas of Sourcing and Supplier Management.
He has no prior experience in the film or media industry. But, he originally started this work with his friend David, and now has created this website, to support the goal of increasing the awareness of these unique and selfless heroes: these Amiericans who joined the RCAF and RAF early, to help out in the cause for freedom. They bravely stepped up to help our Canadian and British allies and friends, who were in dire need. They were among the first to join Canadian and British Air Forces to fight tyranny and oppression.
With further help, he can do much more.
He and his wife Gerri recently moved from Fairfield, CT and currently reside in Bedford, NH.