Dave Moody

David B. Moody is an artist, producer, songwriter and filmmaker from North Carolina. His instrumental proficiency has earned him two Grammy Award Nominations and three International CMA Awards as a member of The Moody Brothers. After becoming regular performers on the Grand Ole Opry and touring extensively throughout Europe in the 80s, the trio of Carolina brothers signed a contract with the Walt Disney Company in 1992 to open and perform their own nightly concerts at Disneyland Paris' Disney Village, where they performed for over 50 million guests during their time in France.

Then, Dave's accomplishments as a solo artist, producer, and songwriter began to flourish. After returning home from Paris, he re-established the family label Lamon Records and his own Dave Moody Productions. His tribute to legendary guitarist Chet Atkins "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" was nominated for a Dove Award in 2002. This led to his winning two GMA Dove Awards (the Christian Music Grammys) in 2005 and 2006, and 20 other Dove nominations along the way to emerge as a major Christian music industry professional. In 2007, Dave was among the Dove Awards most nominated with six nominations as an artist, producer and songwriter.

In 2007, Dave turned a portion of his attention to directing, writing and scoring music for motion pictures and television. His first venture into the movies was to write and score the musical motion picture Stuck in the Past, produced by Dog ‘N Doggie Productions. This quirky film and Dave's soundtrack, which features everything from bluegrass to broadway to 50's rockabilly and more, won "Best Musical Film" at the 2008 Creation Arts Film Festival in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Dave and his son Joshua Moody started Elevating Entertainment Motion Pictures where they wrote, produced and directed their first family film, Praise Band: The Movie which was released in 2008. The Moodys' second film No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School, featuring Bill Cobbs and Golden Globe Nominee Lee Meriwether was released in 2010.

In 2010, Dave and Colin Elliott from Ireland produced the George Hamilton IV & Friends album Old Fashioned Hymns and Gospel Songs...for Those Who Miss Them which featured musical guests Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Gail Davis, Pat Boone, Del McCoury, Charlie Pride, Bill Anderson, Connie Smith, Tommy Cash, Cliff Barrows, George Beverly Shea and many others. The track "I'm Using My Bible for a Roadmap" featuring Del McCoury and The Moody Brothers was nominated for a 2011 Dove Award by the members of the Gospel Music Association.

The Moodys continue to balance their time between producing music and movies. Their company's third feature-length motion picture Season of Miracles was based on the novel by Rusty Whitener. This 2013 film starred John Schneider, Grayson Russell, Andrew Wilson Williams and Nancy Stafford and was distributed by Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment.

In 2015, Dave was elected as an Officer of the Nashville Musicians Association, AFM Local 257 of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) where he serves as a member of the Hearing Board. Also in 2015, Dave produced a new classic country album by Buddy Jewell, winner of the first Nashville Star on USA Network who has had several Billboard Number 1s. The album My Father's Country featured a collection of classic country songs, including Abilene, Behind Closed Doors, Galveston and other songs Jewell grew up listening to his father sing.

In 2016, the Moodys produced the sequel to Season of Miracles entitled Season of Mysteries as well as the feature film Silver Twins written by Larry Silver. Both pictures were filmed in Nashville.[10] Throughout 2016, Dave hosted The New Nashville Showcase®, a monthly concert series featuring new and upcoming artists across multi music genres.[11]

Dave and his family launched a second motion picture brand Downbeat Films in 2017 to create and release a wide variety of indie feature film genres. They produced a new suspense thriller, All Light Will End, along with Red Vessel Entertainment, Music City Films and Ghost Horse.[12] The cast for this feature, written by Chris Blake, included Andy Buckley, Sarah Butler, John Schuck, Sam Jones III, Ashley Pereira, Ted Welch, Aaron Munoz, and Alexandra Harris. The film was acquired for distribution by Gravitas Ventures and released in November 2018. The film won a number of festival awards and was released on Netflix in February 2019. The Moodys have a number of other film and music projects in various stages of production. The patriotic drama No Time To Run, featuring Christina Marie Karis, Mark Collins, and Herman Cain was shot in Knoxville, TN and is currently in post-production with an anticipated release date of early 2020.[13]

Dave Moody was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina on May 24, 1962. His father was Dwight L. Moody Jr and his mother Katherine Lucille "Cathy" (Little). He graduated from Independence High School in Mint Hill, North Carolina in 1980 and earned his B.A. History from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1984. During his teens, Dave was active in scouting and became an Eagle Scout in 1978 and earned the Distinguished Service Award from the Order of the Arrow in 1986.[14] Dave was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award and Alumni Hall of Fame recognition from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1990.[15] He married Susan Patricia Davis from Florence, SC in 1984 and the couple has two children, Joshua and Rebecca. His family now lives in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.