David Maurice Massey (born 1957) is a filmmaker and graduate of the American Film Institute. In 1992, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for the film Last Breeze of Summer.[1] He is one of two African Americans to be nominated for a short film of any kind and the film won a Crystal Heart Award.

He has also received recognition by The National Education Association and is an inductee at The Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame. David Massey directed a short film about the Vietnam War which had Benjamin McKenzie before he got his starring role on the hit TV show The O.C.

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  1. ↑ "The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2011.


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