About
Life story
Born in 1974 in Rochefort sur Mer, his life is split up into two passions: music and cinema.
His nom de plume was not inspired by Hugo Pratt, the draughtsman who created Corto, but by John Huston, the director of The Maltese Faulcon (1941).
The DJ
1997- During his studies of film making, he dedicated himself to the mix. Once a week in a Parisian restaurant, he exuded a punchy music with sweet accents. His music was not limited to only one genre: between DeepHouse and Techno through DownTempo, David does not like divides. This residence enabled him to meet party organisers and...
1998- Jeff Mills invited him to do the warm-up of the Purpose Maker Tour at the Rex Club. That night, David's mix truly filled the dance-floor with enthusiasm. From that point, the Rex regularly trusted him with its deck. He had there unforgettable encounters: Ritchie Hawtin, Green Velvet, Dave Clarke and Clark Craig.
2000- He performed many sets in lots of fashionable clubs in Paris: Le Queen, Les Bains Douches, Le Gibus, L'Enfer, Les Folies Pigalle. His peculiar style made him get two residences (Le Queen and Les Folies Pigalles).
2001- Thanks to his energetic sets of a remarkable technique and of an impeccable efficiency, David Maltese built up a sound reputation. He joined the "Gravity System" team and obtained a new residence in the Rex Club for the "Gravity Parties". He had there new fantastic encounters: Derrick May, Kevin Sanderson, Stacey Pullen, Sven Väth, Carl Craig, Technasia, John Thomas, Darren Emerson, Ken Ishii, Toni Rios, Troy Pierce, Fumiya Tanaka, Scan X, Boo Williams, Colin Dale, Kevin Yost, Jon acquaviva...
Today, David Maltese dedicates himself to music production before preparing his new sets.
The film director
1997- David Maltese left the university with a degree in law and came up to Paris to give life to his passion: cinema. During three years at the ESRA (Higher School of Production and film Direction), he studied film editing as a trainee at the SFP (French Production Society) under the supervision of Robert Coursez (Bob Cash), chief film editor who won twice the French television award ("7 d'or") for the best editing, then he studied production and film making as an assistant in a subsidiary company of France Television.
1999- During his last year at the ESRA, he wrote and directed a short movie (Dolari) which won 4 awards in the national short movie festival in Nantes among which were the best editing and the best direction.
2000- He launched again into the direction of a short movie (The pack) which won, the same year, the prize of the national centre of cinematography (CNC). After several corporate movies, he founded his own production company: Darelite 52.
2001- He wrote and directed two documentaries (52 min each): the first one dealt with the rare Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, the other one was a portrayal of Georges Lautner, the director of Les Tontons flingueurs (Crooks in clover UK / Monsieur Ganster US).
2002- The encounter with Georges Lautner, far from being a mere interview, gave birth to a true friendship between those two cinema lovers. Lots of DVD features and documentaries about the work of the filmmaker "who directed 43 films in 34 years" were thus made. David Maltese has carried on his collaboration with Georges Lautner who has become for him a true spiritual father and his cinema master. Today, beside his documentary work, David's dream comes true with the preparation of his first full-length movie.