David Dillehunt

David Dillehunt
Dillehunt attending the
Capital Emmy Awards in
Baltimore, Maryland.
Born
David Nelson Dillehunt

(1984-04-05) April 5, 1984 (age 42)
Charlottesville, Virginia
OccupationsDirector, Producer, Composer
Years active1996 – present
SpouseKristen Dillehunt (m. 2016)
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • keyboard
  • guitar
  • bass
  • drums
Websitedaviddillehunt.com

David Nelson Dillehunt (born April 5, 1984, in Charlottesville, Virginia) is an American film director, television producer and composer. He is best known as the producer and director of You Can't Do That on Film and Marc Summers & Friends' 40 Year Double Dare Reunion.

Career

At age 20, Dillehunt produced and directed You Can't Do That on Film, the 2004 documentary about the cult-classic children's series, You Can't Do That on Television. The film was released in North America by Shout! Factory in 2012 and reissued in 2022 by MVD Entertainment. Dillehunt also directed the official YCDTOTV reunion special, Project 131, and was a contributor to the book, Slimed!: An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age, by Mathew Klickstein.

He produced and directed the interstitial cooking show, Super-Naturally Healthy Kids!, which aired globally on Smile and Saturday mornings on TBN between 2009-2019, as well as the limited-run series, Super-Naturally Healthy with Joanna Faillace, which aired nationally on the NRB Network in 2010. Other notable works include the 2007 televised radio program, Midnight Barbecue, the 2008 sketch comedy film, Craptastic, and the 2011 music documentary, We Are Astronomers, which held its world premiere at the Virginia Film Festival.

In October 2026, original Double Dare host Marc Summers reunited with cast and crew members for a live-stage retrospective and celebration marking the 40th anniversary of the Nickelodeon game show. Recorded at City Winery Philadelphia near the show's original home of WHYY-TV, the streaming video special, Marc Summers & Friends' 40 Year Double Dare Reunion, was produced and directed by Dillehunt.

Dillehunt has released ten albums and five EPs of original music and is a founding member of the indie rock band Butterfly Vendetta. The band was referenced on the cover of the book, Regarding Charlottesville Music, by photographer and author Rich Tarbell, and in a portrait spread featuring band member, Bianca Vee. Dillehunt chronicled the band in an eponymous 2018 documentary. The film was nominated in the Award This! Music Documentary category at the seventh annual Award This! ceremony, held by Film Threat.

He is currently the Head of Multimedia Services for the City of Charlottesville, and manages the Charlottesville PEG-TV station group and Community Media Center. He was nominated for a Capital Emmy Award in May 2013 and May 2021 for his work with the department. Dillehunt was inducted into the Albemarle High School Alumni Association Hall of Fame in May 2023.

Filmography

Year Title Notes
2003EviternityDirector
2004You Can't Do That on FilmDirector
2005One ShotDirector
2006SlapjackDirector
2007Smoke Screen]Director
2008CraptasticCo-director with Bryan Kasik
2009At The BottomDirector
2010Paper ShoesDirector
2011We Are AstronomersDirector
2012Velvet RutDirector
2013No One Knows YouDirector
2014Craptastic Number TwoCo-director with Bryan Kasik
2015Turn Off Your MindDirector
2016OublietteDirector
2017The Way I See ItDirector
2018Butterfly VendettaDirector
2019First Amendment WritesDirector
2020Somewhere in BetweenDirector
2021What Are You Watching?Director
2022Radio DazeDirector
2023What Are You Watching Too?Director
2024Back in the GameDirector
2025Distort the SkyDirector

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

References

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  2. ↑ Hirsh, Marc (October 16, 2012). "'You Can't Do That On Film': A Performance Documentary Without Performance Footage". National Public Radio. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
  3. ↑ NBC News Now (October 13, 2026). "Marc Summers celebrates 40 slime-filled years of Nickelodeon's 'Double Dare'". NBC News. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
  4. ↑ Rizzo III, Francis (May 13, 2013). "You Can't Do That On Film". DVD Talk. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  5. ↑ Attack of the Show - Episode 1777 [41:37] on YouTube
  6. ↑ Kay, Glenn (October 11, 2022). "Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for October 11th, 2022". CinemaStance. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Project 131.com". Project 131.com. United States: SlimeCon Enterprises. August 13, 2004. Archived from the original on March 10, 2005. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  8. ↑ Klickstein, Mathew (September 24, 2013). Slimed!: An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age. United States: Penguin. p. 259. ISBN 9780142196854. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
  9. ↑ O'Neal, Sean (January 4, 2012). "Smile Of A Child TV". AV Club. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
  10. ↑ Super Naturally Healthy Kids! with Chef Joanna on YouTube
  11. ↑ "Cooking Shows Make Debut". NRB Network Press Room. United States: NRB Network. September 20, 2010. Archived from the original on October 7, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Red Powerhouse Foods". Super-Naturally Healthy with Joanna Faillace. Vimeo. August 5, 2010. NRB TV.
  13. ↑ Provence, Lisa (February 7, 2008). "'Cued up: Local show goes viral". The Hook. Better Publications LLC. Archived from the original on June 16, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Radio Daze". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Watch Craptastic - Netflix". Netflix. 2009. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Here's looking at you, Virginia Film Festival". C-VILLE Weekly. Portico Publications Ltd. October 31, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  17. ↑ Peterson, Spencer (November 3, 2011). "Viewing Virginia through the Virginia Film Festival". C-VILLE Weekly. Portico Publications Ltd. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
  18. ↑ Deb, Sopan (October 5, 2026). "'Double Dare' Debuted 40 Years Ago. Children's TV Was Never the Same". The New York Times. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
  19. ↑ Fishman, Scott (October 1, 2026). "Marc Summers Talks 'Double Dare' & Show's Legacy 40 Years After its Debut". TV Insider. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
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  21. ↑ "Butterfly Vendetta". MusicBrainz. MetaBrainz Foundation. 2025. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  22. ↑ "Butterfly Vendetta". Official Website. Half Fast Records. 2025. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  23. ↑ Tarbell, Rich (2018). Regarding Charlottesville Music (1st ed.). United States: Richie Heart Publishing Co. pp. 282–283. ISBN 9780464839552. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  24. ↑ Ng, Alan (August 18, 2025). "Butterfly Vendetta Documentary Review". Film Threat. Chris Gore. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  25. ↑ Treese, Tyler (November 12, 2025). "2025 Film Threat's Award This! Nominees Revealed". Comingsoon.net. Mandatory (company). Retrieved January 11, 2026.
  26. ↑ "Charlottesville Community Media Center". Charlottesville, Virginia Official Website. 2025. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
  27. ↑ "2012 Capital Emmy Awards" (Document). NATAS, NCCB Chapter. May 13, 2013. p. https://web.archive.org/web/20140828165939/http://www.capitalemmys.tv/sites/default/files/2012_Emmy_Recipients.pdf.
  28. ↑ "2020 Capital Emmy Awards" (Document). NATAS, NCCB Chapter. May 19, 2021. p. https://web.archive.org/web/20220228203111/https://www.capitalemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/63rd-Capital-Emmys-Nominations-and-Emmy-Recipients.pdf.
  29. ↑ "Hall of Fame Members". Albemarle High School Alumni Association. 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2025.