Dave was born in Huntington Hospital; to Jerome Montalbano, a first generation New York Italian American, and Mary Watson, a gal from a large family in Union Springs, Alabama. Dave has one brother, Carm, and one sister, Carol. Dave is an uncle to four nephews and one niece. Dave, Jim & Mary moved to South Florida in 1973. While attending Deerfield Beach High School, Dave also attended the Dillard School of Performing Arts from 1979-1981. Dave earned his Bachelor's Degree from Florida State University in 1985 and worked for R.K.O. Radio until in 1990.

Since that time, Dave has served as a Social Science Teacher, earned a Master's Degree in Information Science and currently writes movie reviews for The Observer. Currently Dave is undertaking independent projects as a writer.

Using his alias, Cinema Dave produced a film program in Broward County Florida called "Literary Cinema" in 2004. Dubbed "Literary Cinema; from the Written Word to the Moving Image," the program features classic movies based on literate books. Showings are free in

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