
David E. Carter
Creativity Center
& Museum

David grew up in Flatwoods, Kentucky, then a town of about 1,000 people. He lived in what would today be called a “single parent home.” Although his father left when David was 5 and money was in short supply, his mother give him a sense of “you can do anything.” She was right.
Career Highlights:
• Self-published first book, on logos, 1972
• Founded ad agency, AAAA membership, 1977
• Sold book company to Art Direction, NYC, 1977
• Ninth book published, first by Art Direction, 1978
• Founded Telly Awards, 1978
• Won first Clio Award, 1980 (Nine more would follow.)
• Formed TV production company, 1982
• Founded American Corporate Identity, 1984
• Founded Mickey Mantle Fantasy Baseball Camp, 1985
• Won first Emmy Award, 1987 (Six more Emmys would follow.)
• First work appeared on Johnny Carson Show, 1989
• Created software product, LogoPower, 1989
• Began branding consulting in Asia, 1989
• Acquired Creativity Annual, 1997
• Signed publishing contract with HarperCollins, 1997
• Built office building, Creativity Center, 1999
• 100th book published, 2004
• Moved to Florida, 2005
• Founded Sanibel Films, 2006
• Dear Baseball: I Love You shown at Baseball Hall of Fame, 2010.
• Founded Sanibel-Captiva.tv, 2013.
• Produced documentary, Growing Up on Sanibel, 2014.
• Produced documentary, 7 Sanibel Artists, 2015
• Ashland's Field of Dreams shown at Baseball Hall of Fame, 2016
• Produced documentary, Postcards Sanibel Before the Causeway, 2016
• Produced documentary, Postcards & Photos from Sanibel, 2017
• Produced documentary, Postcards & Photos from Sanibel, #2, 2018
• Produced documentary, Sanibel:The Gavin-Walker Legacy, 2018
• Produced documentary, Sanibel Postcards & Photos from Ashalnd, 2018

©1999 by Al Hirschfeld. Drawing reproduced by special arrangement with Hirschfeld's exclusive representative, The Margo Feiden Galleries, Ltd. New York.
David E. Carter