 David has also shown an interest in filmmaking, personally directing many of the agency's ads.In 2012 he directed his first short film, Afternoons With Max Marshall Only months later he directed a short comedy, Blind, starring Francis Greenslade.Campbell served a short stint as a director of publicly listed not-for-profit organisation, Fanconi Anaemia Australia Limited before resigning to run as a candidate in the Adelaide City Council election in 2007.