David Parker was regarded as the best film stills photographer in Australia for many years.

His stills credits include "A Town Like Alice", "The Man From Snowy River", "Phar Lap", "Burke and Wills", "High Tide" and "Kangaroo".

In 1984 Parker was director of photography on the low budget feature "Mr B Says No", which won a Golden Camera Award at the Chicago Film Festival. "Malcolm" was the first feature film which he wrote, shot and produced with director Nadia Tass.

The film won eight Australian Film Institute awards, numerous international awards and Parker was awarded the Premier’s Literary Award in NSW as well as the Australian Film Critic’s Circle Award for Best Screenplay. Following the success of "Malcolm", Parker wrote and filmed "Rikky and Pete" with Tass in 1987. In 1989 he shot "The Outsiders" for Francis Ford Coppola, the pilot for the television series on the Fox Network. Parker then wrote, produced and shot "The Big Steal" with Nadia Tass. "The Big Steal" won local audiences and nine Australian Film Institute nominations, winning Parker the award for Best Screenplay.

In 1991 Parker shot his first feature in the United States "Pure Luck" for Universal Studios. The following year he produced and shot the three hour mini-series "Stark" for the BBC based on Ben Elton’s novel with Tass directing. Parker’s work on "Stark" won him the Australian Cinematographer’s Society Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography in 1993.

David Parker shot Nadia Tass’ "Mr Reliable" in late 1995 for which he also won a gold ACS award. Early the following year he co-produced "Hotel de Love" for director Craig Rosenberg.

David Parker has directed two feature films, "Diana and Me" in 1996 and "Hercules Returns" in 1993.

He directs commercials, notably the Vodafone campaign with Michael Richards (Kramer) and the AFL "I’d like to see that" campaign with Ray Charles, Shaquille O’Neill, Elton John & Christy Turlington.