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  • 7 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Amharic
  • 47, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Writer/Director
  • High school (Caulfield Grammar), film school (Deakin Univ...
  • From Melbourne
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Travel the US for my 40th

ABOUT ME

Hi

I am a writer/director that lives 8 km from Melbourne. I spend my days writing screenplays or directing.

Just released a documentary I made about hiking in remote Ethiopia http://www.davidwilling.com.au/#/walking-with-the-mursi/

www.davidwilling.com.au

Some week nights I teach Film Making/Screen Acting/Writing and rock climbing (yep it can be taught). I like to spend my weekends either in town socialising over drinks with friends, watching the rugby or cricket or going away rock climbing, camping and hiking.

I love watching films (my goal is to see one from every country in the world) and watch a lot when I am writing screenplays but when I finish one I get restless to travel.want to travel.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would like to meet people to socialise, I've lived inner city for 7 years so know the lay of the land realy well. Can give heaps of info on outdoor pursuits from hikes near Melbourne and all over Victoria as well as adventure sports info like rock climbing. Unfortunatly due to living in a sharehouse I can't have people surf the couch at the moment but I hope to rectify that soon.

Interests

Rock Climbing, Hiking, Camping, Movies, Books, Writing, sport

  • writing
  • books
  • film making
  • acting
  • drinking
  • movies
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • camping
  • sports
  • cricket
  • rock climbing
  • rugby

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies
Beau Geste, Se7en, Silence Of The Lambs, Ordinary People, The Conformist, Shine, The Exocist, Romper Stomper, Wild Strawberries, The Vanishing, In Search Of A Midnight Kiss, North By Northeast, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, Touching The Void,Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
TV
The Wire, Homicide Life On The St, Deadwood, In Treatment, Battlestar Gallactica, Love My Way.
Music
u2, The Cure, Faker, Pulp, Blur, White Lies, GlasVegas, Deathcab For Cutie, Bowie, Beatles, Oasis
Books
The Hospital By The River, Heart Of Darkness, The Diceman, Deliver Us From Evil,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking and living with the Mursi in the remote Omo Valley of Ethiopia! I have climbed the equivalent height of Mt Everest with a group of friends on an indoor climbing wall.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have been teaching rock climbing for 20 years and film making for 25 years

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Ethiopia, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia

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