David A. Prior

Quick Facts

Full Name	David A. Prior
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Oct 5, 1955(1955-10-05)
Age	69
Date Of Death	August 16, 2015, Mobile, AL
Birthplace	Newark
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Libra

David A. Prior Biography

David A. Prior is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on October 5, 1955 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.

In 1983, David A. Prior made his directorial debut Sledgehammer with his brother Ted. The film tells the story of a young boy who murdered his mother and her lover with a sledgehammer. Ten years after the murder and the child’s mysterious disappearance, a group of teens stay in the house for a weekend when they are terrorized by the ghost of the little boy.

Around this time Prior met by veteran producer, and director David Winters and with him the founded Action International Pictures also known as AIP. In 1987, AIP released three of his directorial efforts. The first was Killer Workout, where the story revolves around a Los Angeles fitness club owner, whose twin sister was burned in a tanning salon two years ago. A detective begins to investigate the gym, after several of its members are brutally murdered by an unknown attacker. Second was, Deadly Prey tells the story of a former soldier (Ted Prior) who is kidnapped for participation in a human safari. Third was Mankillers, about an all-female combat squad to Colombia to stop a renegade agent who has hired himself out to a drug cartel and white slaver. Unfortunately, the agent’s recruits consists of prison convicts – murderesses, sociopaths, bank robbers, etc. These women are guaranteed clean slates on their records if the mission is successfully pulled off. The made for VHS film gained a second audience two decades later as cult film that found its way on the internet.

David A. Prior Net Worth

David A. Prior is one of the richest Film Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David A. Prior 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

David A. Prior (October 5, 1955 – August 16, 2015) was an American director, screenwriter, producer and co-founder of the Action International Pictures (AIP). Prior started his career with the horror film Sledgehammer (1983), and the action film Killzone (1985), both of them with his brother Ted in lead roles. Shortly after he went into a partnership with veteran producer David Winters, and started directing film many of them with his brother as the star, some of these cult classics includes Deadly Prey, Aerobicide, and Mankillers.

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In 1991, he produced Dark Rider, starring Joe Estevez, and The Last Ride. The year he wrote and directed Raw Nerve, starring Glenn Ford (in his last film role), Jan-Michael Vincent, Sandahl Bergman and Traci Lords.

Facts & Trivia

Davin Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. David A. Prior celebrates birthday on October 5 of every year.

In 1993, he directed Double Threat, with Sally Kirkland, Andrew Stevens, Richard Lynch, Sherrie Rose, Anthony Franciosa, and Chick Vennera, and the horror-thriller film Night Trap (which won a Gold Award at the WorldFest Houston for best Fantasy/Horror), starring Robert Davi, Michael Ironside, Lesley-Anne Down, Margaret Avery, John Amos, Lydie Denier, and Mike Starr.