David Pledger

David Pledger (born c.1962)^[1] is an Australian artist and director.

Pledger has won several awards, including the Victorian Arts Centre's 1999 Kenneth Myer Medallion for the Performing Arts,^[2] and in 2000 the A$25,000 Sidney Myer performing arts award.,^[3]

He established the Collaboration Project between the Australia Council for the Arts and the IETM.^{[further explanation needed][4]} In 2004 he directed two shows at the Melbourne Festival.^[5]

Pledger's work is featured in Melbourne Now Limited Edition (NGV, Australia, 2013); Multimedia Performance (Macmillan, UK, 2012) and Making Contemporary Theatre (MUP, UK, 2010).^[6][7][8]

He works as an advocate for artists.^[9][4] In 2008 he attended the 2020 Summit as a delegate in the Creative Australia stream.^{[10][failed verification]}