BIO

David Negrin is a Professor, Metaverse Producer, Game Designer, VR Creator, Screenwriter, and Non-profit Founder.

He is a Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Coordinator at the University of Central Florida in the Games and Interactive Media program in the Nicholson School of Communication and Media. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science and an M.F.A. in Cinema Arts. He was previously Assistant Professor of emerging media, film, and television at Ithaca College, as well as an Adjunct Professor of film and television at Hofstra University and The New School in New York, NY.

He was Executive Director of the NYC Screenwriters Collective, the largest non-profit screenwriting workshop in New York City from 2007-2015.

His areas of research in Emerging Media are: Video Games for Social Impact, Virtual Reality, Transmedia Storytelling, and Immersive Theater. His area of research in Film Studies includes the pedagogy of collaborative writing.

He is Host of ‘The Script Podcast’, Author the ‘Strategic’ newsletter, and Moderator of @ScriptFeed.

David was born and raised in New York City. He is an alumnus of The Bronx High School of Science, University at Buffalo, and Brooklyn College.