Among David Kelley's earlier accomplishments was the painting of a 5 mile long wood Fence, and learning to fish, kill rattlers, hunt small game with various guns, ride horses, and play ice hockey all by the age of 13. In 1978 David and his brother Chris acquire various movie cameras from thrift stores, along with broken polaroid cameras and an old microphone. In the summer of 1980, David attends the Rhode Island School of Design, afterwards proclaiming,"art is hard," only to later proclaim, "algebra is harder ." He later moves to NYC and while directing small music video projects, and experimenting in computer animation, he falls in love with Adobe After Effects, animates countless motion graphics and commercial projects for production houses throughout NY, and finally signs as a director at Curious Pictures.