| David Lister | |
| Nationality: | South African |
| Citizenship: | South African |
| Occupation: | Film and Television Director |
| Notable Works: | The Legend of the Hidden City The Last Leprechaun Soweto Green |
David Lister is a South African-born film and television director, now residing in Australia.
David Lister grew up on a farm in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. He trained as a painter and sculptor in Pretoria before being employed as a scene painter, set designer and head of the props department at the Performing Arts Council in Transvaal. After a brief period as a documentary cameraman at SABC TV, he departed to the UK and studied at the London Film School 1972–1974. He then returned to South Africa to work as a director in the film and television industry.[1]
Around 2005 he moved to Australia.