David Van Eyssen grew up between London and New York City. His first exhibition was held at Goldsmiths, University of London, when he was 14. Two years earlier, David had built his first home computer with his stepfather, a systems engineer, and developed a profound interest in technology. Exhibiting as a painter and installation artist in London in the 1990s, David became interested in interactive storytelling, and started a digital media company. Moving to Los Angeles in 1996, David wrote and directed an interactive short film that opened doors to the commercial, music video, and nascent streaming video worlds. Over the next fifteen years, David pioneered online filmmaking, working as an award-winning writer-director with advertising agencies, TV networks, and film studios. In 2018, he began to make his first sound and motion works.