David Williams (producer)

{{short description|American film producer}}

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David L. Williams, sometimes referred to by his initials, DLW, is an American producer and ADR director (and, occasionally, a voice actor) that has been with ADV Films from the beginning when his living room was used as a production facility for their first show, Devil Hunter Yohko.{{cite web|url=http://2006.animeboston.com/guests/industry.shtml |title=Anime Boston 2006: Guests: Industry |accessdate=March 11, 2007 |work=Anime Boston }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He left ADV in March 2008 and has since worked at Sentai Filmworks and Seraphim Digital.

David regularly makes appearances at anime conventions as a representative of ADV. When asked questions about future productions, he often replies with his trademark phrase, "I can neither confirm nor deny".{{cite web

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