Ariel Noel ‘Winter’ David

Lecturer, Faculty of Information and Communication Studies

Ariel Noel David, more commonly referred to as Winter, is an accomplished and critically acclaimed
Multimedia Specialist, Video Designer/Director. Also known as professional writer and graphic designer,
he actually started in the industry making props for TV and commercials, eventually becoming one of
the most sought after “well-kept secrets” of the industry. This evolved into becoming a production
designer specializing in theater, film, and live events. Some of past his works primarily as a Video
Director/Designer have been featured in the following productions: Dulaang UP’s #R,/3J, Ang Huling
Lagda ni Apolinario Mabini, Ang Nawawalang Kapatid, William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure,
Teatro Porvenir, Noli the Opera, Atang, Isang Panaginip ng Fili, Hinabing Pakpak ng Ating mga
Anak,Hamlet:Redux, Shockvalue, Shadows of the Reef/Mga Anak ng Dagat, Gabriela:Oratorio, St. Louis
Loves Dem Filipinos, and Hibik at Himagsikan ni Viktoria Laktaw;UP Playwright’s Theater, Dead Stars
1925, Komedi, Fluid, and Alamat the Musical; UP Alumni Asoociation’s Centennial Grand Alumni
Homecoming, UP Los Baños Kolehiyo ng Agham at Sining’s Bagong Cristo, UP College of Music’s Orpheus
and Eurydiche; Repertory Philippines’ The Secret Garden, The Joy Luck Club, Shakespeare in Hollywood,
Seussical, and The Wizard of Oz; Sinag Arts’ Spoliarium: Juan Luna; World Theater’s Project’s Three
Penny Opera and Transcendence (A Korean Opera);Red Turnip’s Closer; Ateneo Childrens’s Theater Ang
Nawawalang Kapatid, Alex in Wonderland; UP DECL’s Screen Macbeth; and TwinBill Theater’s Dog Sees
God. An antique collector at heart, he would one day wish to purchase the Minor Basilica of San
Sebastian if given a chance.