About me

Half Persian, half Welsh, born and raised in Austria, "DAV" is an EMMY, BAFTA and CANNES LIONS GRAND PRIX winning producer and the President at PULSE FILMS, now based in Los Angeles, CA.

Since joining back in 2015 Dav's leadership has established Pulse Films as a truly next-generation film production company with a global footprint that produces both ADVERTISING and ENTERTAINMENT, as well as "everything in between". Focussed on CREATING MOMENTS OF CULTURE the studio has delivered at the very highest level across each of its core complimentary divisions of SCRIPTED, NON-FICTION, MUSIC VIDEOS & COMMERCIALS.

In his role he has positioned PULSE FILMS as a unique home for talent offering filmmakers a bridge into the future of visual storytelling. With that ambition he has curated a prestigious roster of award winning directors including Oscar Hudson, Asif Kapadia, Amma Asante, Julien et Quentin, Sam Pilling, Jeff Tremaine, Haley Elizabeth Anderson, Partel Oliva, Ryan Booth, Jocelyn Anquetil, Bassam Tariq, WARD, Tatia Pilieva, Jessica Swale and James Marsh, as well as a partnership with legendary filmmakers CANADA in North America. A core part of the strategy has always been to invest in building long standing creative partnerships with emerging talent from all over the world.
"At Pulse Films we let our work be our noise".
Recent Highlights include the EMMY and CANNES GRAND PRIX winning NIKE commercial "You Can't Stop Sport", apple "Bounce" which collected the Grand Prix at the ADC and British Arrows as well as PRODUCTION COMPANY OF THE YEAR laurels from SHOTS, LBB, The British Arrows, ADC, Campaign Magazine, and the Cannes Lions Palme D'Or, Global Production Company Ranking. Recent Music Videos include two of the most shared in the last year including "Music for a Sushi restaurant" for Harry Styles and Stormzy's genre breaking "Mel made me do it" directed by KLVDR, building on a portfolio of iconic promos for Beyoncé, Radiohead, Run the Jewels, Miss Lauryn Hill, the Prodigy and Lewis Capaldi.

Aside from the recent award winning Short-form output PULSE FILMS continues to go from strength to strength in Film & TV, recently releasing the EMMY nominated BEASTIE BOYS STORY (directed by Spike Jonze), MOGUL MOWGLI (starring Riz Ahmed), PIG (starring Nicholas Cage), HARRY POTTERS 20t ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (for HBO), GET DUKED (for Amazon) as well as the BAFTA winning TV Series GANGS OF LONDON, now in its second season which he Exec Produced.

Prior to Pulse Films, Dav was the Global Chief Production Officer and Partner at Bartle Bogle Hegarty where he worked for 14 years producing award winning work for brands like The Guardian, Levis, Audi, British Airways, Johnnie Walker, Vodafone, Unilever and Barnardos as well as commissioning the short film "HOME" in association with the United Nations which went on to win a BAFTA.

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Davud Karbassioun has sat on the Creativepool Annual jury.

Annual 2023 Judge Production

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#WeThe15

12 November 2022

Nike: You Can't Stop Us

18 November 2021

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