David Beck is an award-winning screenwriter, filmmaker, actor, and composer whose films include Backup Plan (Amazon Prime), For Francis (executive produced by Tim Gunn), and the web series Spring Street. His first feature film Regarding Veronica is currently in development. As an actor he has performed on hundreds of stages throughout the country, on TV, and has recorded over a dozen audio books for the blind. Check out his TikTok (@davidbecknyc) for performed excerpts of his book Petrified of the Light. As an LGBTQ+ activist, David founded the non-profit film company The Great Griffon, dedicated to telling tales of the underdog within the LGBTQIA community on stage and screen. He’s been profiled in The NY Daily News, HuffPost, Pink News, Indie Wire, and Metro Weekly.