About

David is a filmmaker and musician based in NYC. A graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts for Film, David has been working in freelance film for over a decade. He has worked extensively in music film, fashion videography, doc and narrative. He is also an accomplished mix engineer and producer and can be heard playing drums and singing in his band BAILEN.

Make it

David is also 1/3 of the band BAILEN, who have toured and sold out shows all over the world, collaborated and supported artists like Amos Lee and Hozier, and released two critically acclaimed records on Fantasy Records that have amassed over 40 million streams worldwide.

Gear List

    • Sony FX3 Cinema Camera

    • Atomos Ninja Viewing monitor

    • Lenses

    • 24mm G Master Lens f/1.4

    • 24-105mm Sony FE Lens f/4

    • 35mm Vintage Leica Lens

    • 90mm Vintage Leica Lens

    • 35mm-70mm Vintage Leica Lens

    • 50mm Vintage Nikon Lens

    • 24mm Vintage Nikon Lens

    • 135mm Vintage Nikon Lens

    • Camera Support

    • DJI RS 2 Gimbal Stabilizer Pro Combo

    • Manfrotto Tripod (2x)

    • Lighting

    • Aperture 300x - Bi-Color Light with Lantern

    • Quasar Science Q10 12’’ Bi-Color (2x)

    • GVM 800D-RGB LED Studio 3-Video Light Kit

    • Audio

    • Sennheiser Shotgun Mic

    • Shure SM7b Mic (2x)

    • Shure SM58 Handheld

    • R26 Recorder - 2 Chanel.

    • Boom and Shock mount

    • Mic Stands

    • Cable Packag

  • UAD x8p Interface

    (2) API 512c mic pre

    (4) Untertone Audio Mic Pre MPDI4

    (2) Demeter Tube Mic Pre

    u87ai Neumann Microphone

    R121 Royer Ribbon Microphone

    Peluso 2247LA Tube Microphone

    (2) Sennheiser 421

    (2) Josephson C42

    Beyer Dynamic 201

    (4) Shure 58

    (4) Shure 57

    Shure Beta 52

    AKG D112

    (3) Shure Sm7

    (1) Neumann TLM 103

David Bailen

David Bailen