User talk:Geo Swan/David Crowley (filmmaker)

rough work 00:14, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

 * 1) 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(?)
 * 1) 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"
 * 1) 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
 * 1) Film career
 * After the completion of the