David Dillehunt


David Nelson Dillehunt is an American film director, television producer and composer.

Career

Dillehunt is best known as the director of You Can't Do That on Film, the 2004 documentary about the cult-classic children's series, You Can't Do That on Television. The film was released in North America by Shout! Factory in 2012 and reissued in 2022 by MVD Entertainment. Dillehunt also directed the official YCDTOTV reunion special, Project 131, and was a contributor to the book, Slimed!: An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age, by Mathew Klickstein.
He produced and directed the interstitial cooking show, Super-Naturally Healthy Kids!, which aired globally on Smile and Saturday mornings on TBN from 2009-2019, and produced the limited series, Super-Naturally Healthy with Joanna Faillace, which aired nationally on the NRB Network in 2010. Other notable works include the 2007 televised radio program, Midnight Barbecue, the 2008 sketch comedy film, Craptastic, and the 2011 music documentary, We Are Astronomers, which held its world premiere at the Virginia Film Festival.
Dillehunt has released nine albums and five EPs of original music and is a founding member of the indie rock band Butterfly Vendetta. The band was referenced on the cover of the 2018 book, Regarding Charlottesville Music, by photographer and author Rich Tarbell, and in a portrait spread featuring band member, Bianca Vee. Dillehunt chronicled the band in an eponymous 2018 documentary. The film was nominated in the Award This! Music Documentary category for the seventh annual Award This! ceremony, held by Film Threat.
He is currently the Head of Multimedia Services for the City of Charlottesville, and manages the Charlottesville PEG-TV station group and Community Media Center. He was nominated for a Capital Emmy Award in May 2013 and May 2021 for his work with the department. Dillehunt was inducted into the Albemarle High School Alumni Association Hall of Fame in May 2023.

Filmography

Discography

Studio albums
  • Defying Belief
  • Caught in the Act
  • Somewhere in Between
  • Chaos Theory
  • Face the Music
  • Turn Off Your Mind
  • Surrender
  • Hindsight
  • Shapeshifter
EPs
  • David Dillehunt
  • Incognito
  • Playing with Fire
  • Freak Flag
  • ''Enemies of Love''