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David Furnish
(October 28, 1962 - living) Canada - U.K.

David Furnish

Film maker

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David FurnishDavid was born in Toronto, Canada at Women's College Hospital. His father was an accountant. He had an elder brother. He studied at the University of Western Ontario. He has always had a head for business. When growing up he launched a poolside catering business for a local golf and tennis club and did very well.

David FurnishDavid went to England when he was 27 and built a life there. He got a job as a highly-paid ad executive with Ogilvy and Mather in London's docklands. He was also the youngest member of the Board of Directors, responsible for a team of people bringing in lots of business at which he was quite successful at. David has a great sense of humor and is a very sensitive, shy person. He also had an interest in music. At one point he was learning the cello.

David met Elton at a dinner party through mutual friends on October 30, 1993 when a friend invited him to a dinner party at Elton John's mansion in Windsor. By the end of the night Elton and David had very strong, deep feelings for each other, possibly love at first sight. David Furnish & Elton JohnElton had asked David for his phone number. The next day they had their first date, October 31, 1993 over Chinese take-out, Mr Chow's.

David and Elton have been totally committed to each other for 8 years.

They set up the company Rocket Pictures and David Furnish began to make films. His first project was Tantrums & Tiaras which was a warts-and-all fly-on-the-wall documentary about Elton John. It was nominated for a Bafta award in 1996.

David and Elton live in Nice France, Venice, Atlanta Georgia, London England and Windsor England.

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Source:The Knitting Circle, U.K., http://www.sbu.ac.uk/stafflag/people.html
and David Furnish's home page at: http://www.davidfurnish.com/

His work include:

  • Tantrums & Tiaras (1996)
  • Women Talking Dirty (2001)
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