David Quantic was born and raised in Derby, Kansas, a suburb situated beneath the flight paths of McConnell Air Force Base's B52 Bombers, just outside of Wichita. After completing his education, Quantic promptly relocated from Kansas to attend Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art.
Following his graduation with honors, Quantic migrated to New York City, where he struggled to make a living as a portrait photographer and photographer's assistant. In 1999, he embarked on a cross-country journey, loading up his pickup truck with chicken coops and all, to attend the University of California, Los Angeles's Master of Fine Arts film directing program.
Since graduating in 2004, Quantic has continued to produce a series of short films that have been showcased in numerous festivals, including the Palm Springs International Short Festival, the Ann Arbor Film Festival, LA's Outfest, and Frameline in San Francisco.
In 2009, Quantic participated in the Berlinale's Talent Campus and shot his short film, Transatlantic, on location in Berlin using a Nikon D90. Additionally, he served as the cinematographer for VITO, a documentary by Jeffrey Schwarz about the life of legendary queer film historian and AIDS activist Vito Russo, which premiered at the 2011 New York Film Festival and was later broadcast as part of HBO's 2012 Docs Summer Series.
In 2012, Quantic completed the short film, "Bakersfield, Earth," starring Missi Pyle, Artemis Pebdani, and Ethan Sandler. This comedy is based on a feature script and tells the story of Guy Bowman, a cross-dressing alien who attempts to join an anti-evolution women's group because he is convinced that his alien race created humans.
