David Delaney Mayer

{{short description|American documentary filmmaker and social entrepreneur}}

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David Delaney Mayer (born 1992) is an American documentary filmmaker and social entrepreneur. Mayer produced/directed the PBS special limited series, "Food Town," as well as Complex Network's "Road to Raceday."{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm8657993/|title=David Delaney Mayer|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-05-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/living/article219048775.html|title=The creators of 'A Chef's Life' turn their lens to Durham's food scene|last=Jackson|first=Drew|website=The News & Observer|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://southerndocumentaryfund.org/fresh-docs-screening-friday-april-28-2017-full-frame-theater/|title=Fresh Docs Screening - Full Frame Theater|date=2017-04-04|website=Southern Documentary Fund|language=en-US}} Mayer is the co-founder of DreamxAmerica, a Harvard Innovation Lab-based social enterprise joining filmmaking and impact investing to highlight and support immigrant entrepreneurs.{{Cite web|url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/newsplus/dreaming-across-america/|title=Dreaming across America|date=2019-05-14|website=Harvard Gazette|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/samuelgarcia/2019/03/11/dreamxamerica-strives-to-highlight-and-support-immigrant-entrepreneurs-across-america/|title=DreamxAmerica Strives To Highlight And Support Immigrant Entrepreneurs Across America|last=Garcia|first=Samuel|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-05-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe/2019/04/19/honoring-their-immigrant-roots-entrepreneurs-combine-impact-investing-and-film/|title=Honoring Their Immigrant Roots, Entrepreneurs Combine Impact Investing And Film|last=Thorpe|first=Devin|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-05-20}}

A former Duke University men's basketball player under Coach Mike Krzyzewski, Mayer quit the team after his first year to pursue film.{{Cite web|url=http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205108227&DB_OEM_ID=4200|title=David Mayer Bio|website=Duke Athletics|language=en|access-date=2019-05-20}} He graduated with a focus in documentary filmmaking, where he was awarded the Center for Documentary Studies’ Julia Harper Day Award and Benenson Award in the Arts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cdsporch.org/archives/22338|title=2014 Julia Harper Day Award Winner: David Mayer – Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University {{!}} CDS Porch|website=Duke Center for Documentary Studies|access-date=2019-05-20}}