Talk:David LaChapelle

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[edit] observations

This article lacks of a lot.

1. his (short-)movies/TV-movies Clowns in the Hood, Krumped and Rize aren't mentioned - or are mentioned in an unsatisfying manner;

2. the article should feature (at least one) selected photograph(s) by him; and

3. there should be a picture of LaChapelle added to the article. LIllIi 23:42, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Be Bold. Crumbsucker 01:04, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] date of birth?

This article lists it as 1963. IMDB says it's 1963. His own site says 1969. I'd guess this article took it from the IMDB, which is more likely to be incorrect. Unless he's deliberately lying about his age on his own site, which is always possible. I'm changing it to 1969 unless someone can give a more definitive source.--duncan 21:22, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

• Sounds reasonable to me. SteveHopson 23:18, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
• I suspect the information on his own site is wrong. Whether it is wrong by error or intentionally wrong doesn't matter. Since he seems to have caught up on his high school diploma at the North Carolina School of the Arts at the age of 18 in 1981 this would rather indicate 1981-18=1963 as his date of birth (Sources: general timeline and alumni listing of ncsa; there are several more pages stating this information)

Taking that the other way, 1981 - 1969 = 12 as the age he graduated the NCSA, which doesn't seem right! --duncan 21:31, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

• That's so weired, since even his Myspace, which was created like a month ago, says he's 37 years old, making him born in 1969. I wonder why he would really want to seem 3 years younger. And holler, first post in a talk page!! : ))) Let's see if I can sign right... LMC vs U2 08:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC)