P. David Ebersole (born March 16, 1964) is an American television director and independent filmmaker. He began his film career as a child actor, playing the lead in the musical "Junior High School" (1978), which also starred Paula Abdul. Stepping behind the camera, as an undergraduate he won Best Film and Best Director at NYU for his first effort "Lover Man" (1986), and earned his MFA winning AFI's Franklin J.