THE BLECH EFFECT: Filmmaker David Greenwald on his emotional new film on David Blech, disgraced King of Biotech, once one of world's richest men, felled by fraud, gambling and his bipolar disorder.

David Greenwald's powerful and intimate new film from Virgil Films, feature documentary THE BLECH EFFECT, follows David Blech, showcasing the disgraced former "King of Biotech" (dubbed by the New York Times in their profile). Blech was a pioneer investor in the industry, once worth more than 300 million dollars, securing his place on the Forbes 400 list. At the start of the film he is $11 million dollars in debt and awaiting a possible jail sentence from his family home in Chelsea. At the same time, perhaps the gambler instinct coming to the fore, David is seen racing to develop a potential cure for Alzheimer’s Disease that could reverse his fortunes and rebuild his legacy. Greenwald is an award-winning film editor who has worked with directors Jonathan Demme, Spike Lee, Ernest Dickerson, Tim Robbins and Ed Burns. His editing credits include award-winning videos and concert films for Miles Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Carole King, Carly Simon, Tupac Shakur, Eddie Van Halen, Mariah Carey, B.B. King, Luciano Pavaroti, and The Beastie Boys. His work in television earned him an Emmy Award for editing Girlfriend produced by Oprah Winfrey.  Other TV credits include Beyond The Moon with Walter Cronkite, and The Curt Flood Story, directed by Spike Lee for HBO. David’s film credits include editing COUSIN BOBBY by Jonathan Demme, THEREMIN - AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEY which won The Sundance Filmmakers Trophy Award for Best Documentary, SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK directed by Ed Burns, and ASH WEDNESDAY directed by Ed Burns. David was the Associate Producer on THE LAST RACE, Sundance Film Festival 2018. David’s directing credits include MY FATHER’S HOUSE, a short documentary, Cannes Film Festival 2016, and THE BLECH EFFECT, a feature documentary 2020. His current project is directing THE AFGHAN DREAMERS, a feature documentary about the Afghan girls robotics team. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-aidan-byrne0/support