Born 28th. November, 1962. He is a British film maker.He grew up in Toronto, Canada. His father was an accountant. He had an elder brother.He studied at the University of Western Ontario.

He worked in a middle management job at the advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather in London's docklands.

He met Elton John in October 1993 when a friend invited him to a dinner party at Elton John's mansion in Windsor. The next day Elton John invited him back to the mansion. Within a few weeks they were attending a film premier together.

They set up the company Rocket Pictures and David Furnish began to make films. His first project was Tantrums & Tiaras which was a warts-and-all fly-on-the-wall documentary about Elton John. It was nominated for a Bafta award in 1996.

On the day that the Queen's birthday honours were published on 14th. June 2003 The Guardian recommended David Furnish for the alternative award of CBC: Companion of British Celebrity. Alongside a photograph of David Furnish with Elton John the award was described as: "For services to the famous from the less than famous, and all those who maintain relationships with celebrities against the odds".

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