User talk:Geo Swan/David Crowley (filmmaker)
Appearance
rough work 00:14, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
[edit]- Early life
- Apparently happy childhood, with older brother Dan Jr. and little sister Alison
- Created his first film(s) while attending Nowatanna High School.
- Enlisted in the Army, with his school chum, immediately following graduation, in 2004(?)
- Military career
- Served multiple hitches in war zones, including both Iraq and Aghanistan, served overseas in 13 different countries, from 2004 to 2009.
- During his last combat hitch Crowley was a married man, whose wife was expecting a baby, and he resented being kept in active service, in a warzone, under the Bush administration's Stoploss policy. Some press reports say this stress triggered a "breakdown"
- Marriage and family life
- Crowley met Komel Amal, a recent immigrant from Saudi Arabia, while serving in Texas (around 2008?). The pair married within the three months of their meeting, and started to try to start a family. Komel was a registered dietitician, who was liked and respected by her colleagues.
- After his return from his last hitch, both Crowley and Komel went to college. Komel earned a Masters degree in Nutrition. Crowley enrolled in film school
- Film career
- After the completion of the