Advertising agency president. Commercial television director. Book writer, editor and publisher. National awards founder. National awards recipient. Network comedy writer. Local documentary storyteller. And yes, a few other hats along the way. With all that he’s accomplished across his career and is continuing to produce at the age of 75, you just might be inclined to call this Sanibel creative dynamo DAVE OF ALL TRADES. By John Sprecher
Well, yes and no. Because while David Carter has clearly enjoyed the life of a creative for 60 years now, his path has taken many interesting twists and turns — and telling his story is more like telling five or six fascinating stories. If the name David Carter sounds familiar to many in Southwest Florida, it’s for the creative
work he’s done since moving to Sanibel Island in 2005. Carter is founder of Sanibel-Captiva TV, as well as writer, director and producer of a documentary series on the island (sponsored by a local real estate company Pfeifer Realty Group)— telling the unique history of Sanibel from the perspective of its people in titles like Growing Up on Sanibel , Seven Sanibel Artists ,
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