David Schurmann

David Schurmann is a film director, producer, screenwriter, explorer, author, speaker, CEO and public figure. Career Schurmann, best known for Little Secret Brazil's official 2017 Oscar entry, first showed his passion for filmmaking at age 13 when he began filming the adventures during the Schurmann Family first circumnavigation of the globe. He received his formal training in film and television in New Zealand. He received his formal training in film and television in New Zealand. He then completed his education in the United States. He has worked internationally as a director and producer of feature films, television programs and documentaries. As producer/director/cinematographer of the Schurmann Family Adventures, he has filmed around the world, most notably during the Magellan Global Adventure (1997–2000). In 2007, Schurmann released his first feature film, The World Twice Around, a documentary that won two awards at the Recife Film Festival in Brazil, for Best Film and Best Sound Editing. The film also received the Best Film Award at the CineBrasil Film Festival Buenos Aires (Argentina), Milan (Italy), Rome (Italy) and New York City (USA0. The film was broadcast on the Discovery Channel and is currently available on Netflix.