David Coffey is a writer, director, actor and ukulele player born and raised in Dublin, Ireland.

After studying Film & Broadcasting in the Dublin Institute of Technology, David began his career in television as an editor for The Wrestling Channel, a British digital channel which aired professional wrestling from around the world.

In 2006 Dave developed a pilot for a television show called DAN & BECS which was picked up by Accomplice Television and made into a ten-part series for RTÉ Two, broadcast in early 2007. Dave wrote, directed and played the lead role of Dan in the show. Series 2 of DAN & BECS followed later that year and in December 2007 David began writing a weekly column as “Dan” for the Irish Independent’s Day & Night Magazine.  In 2008 Dan & Becs was nominated for a for an IFTA in the Best Television Entertainment Category. In 2010 Dan & Becs was optioned by Sony Pictures Television Inc. and developed into a half hour pilot script for FOX Television in the US.

In 2008 Dave wrote and directed a young peoples’ programme called SWEDED TV for RTÉ Two’s TTV. Sweded TV was selected for screening at the INPUT 2009 Television Conference in Warsaw, Poland.

In early 2009 he co-wrote and directed a new ten-part comedy series called SARAH & STEVE which was broadcast on RTÉ Two.

Since then David wrote and directed a second series of SWEDED TV and a spin off series called STEREO SWIPES, both young peoples’ programmes which aired on RTÉ Two.

In 2010 David worked as a story producer on the popular RTÉ Two reality show FADE STREET. This year David directed the new series of CELEBRITY SALON for TV3.