David S Vadiveloo

Director, Writer, Producer, Community Prophets (Melbourne)

David Vadiveloo is a recipient of multiple awards for his works in documentary, drama, interactive media and as a human rights lawyer.

His numerous credits include the internationally acclaimed multi-platform children’s drama series Us Mob (www.usmob.com.au) and the compelling drama, Burn (http://www.burn-movie.com.au). His documentaries include the challenging, inspiring films Trespass, Beyond Sorry and the recent series Voices from the Cape.

David’s company, Community Prophets, is a media entertainment and social justice agency that specialises in producing high-quality screenworks and delivering media based engagement and empowerment programs for youth. The Community Prophets workshop model is used in Australia, Canada and the United States and from 2009 Community Prophets will partner with National Geographic’s All Roads project in the US and internationally.

David sits on advisory boards to the Australian Centre for Cultural Partnerships and the Global Angels Foundation. For over a decade he worked as a human rights lawyer and was an advisor to the Federal Race Discrimination Commissioner. In 2005 David was the recipient of the Australian Human Rights Award for Individual Community Achievement. He is the youngest recipient to be Highly Commended for the Human Rights Medal, recognising lifelong commitment to human rights.