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David Claessen is a Dutch cinematographer and director.

David Claessen
Claessen in 2019
Born	Haarlem, Netherlands
Occupation	Film director, producer, cinematographer
Years active	1985–present
Notable work	The Rosa Parks Story Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Spouse(s)	Whoopi Goldberg ​ ​ (m. 1986; div. 1988)​ Karen Green ​ ​ (m. 1992; div. 2002)​ Taiye Selasi ​ ​ (m. 2013)​
Website	www.davidclaessen.com

Education

Claessen attended the Netherlands Film Academy (Dutch: Nederlandse Filmacademie) in Amsterdam.

Films

In 1983, he shot Haute Mer, directed by French filmmaker Edgardo Cozarinsky.[1]

In 1997 Claessen met director Julie Dash. They have collaborated on four films together: including the award-winning The Rosa Parks Story, Love Song (2000), Brothers of the Borderland (2004), and Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl (2016).[2]

Personal life

In 1986, Claessen moved to the United States where he met Whoopi Goldberg during production of a documentary entitled Who Are They? They married in September 1986 and divorced two years later.[3]

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