Film & Television

A life in the credits.

Long before the clubhouse and the hospitality marquee, there was the unit base at 5 a.m. Dave’s film and television career runs from unit driver in 1994 to running transport on all eight Harry Potter films and Skyfall.

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I

Act I · 1994 – 2000

Behind the wheel

Dave started as a unit driver, carrying cast and crew to set: the job that teaches timing, discretion and how a production works. In 1995 he founded Unit Cars.

  • Mary Reilly
  • The Saint
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • Sleepy Hollow
  • Topsy-Turvy
II

Act II · 2000 – 2011

Running the department

By Chocolat in 2000 Dave was transportation captain. The same year he took charge of transport on Harry Potter, and also coordinated transport on V for Vendetta and 10,000 BC.

  • Chocolat
  • Harry Potter
  • V for Vendetta
  • Sweeney Todd
  • 10,000 BC
III

Act III · 2011 – 2015

The big pictures

Transport manager on Skyfall, then transportation captain on a run of major productions, alongside a growing corporate and hospitality business.

  • Skyfall
  • Kingsman
  • 47 Ronin
  • Jack the Giant Slayer
  • Now You See Me 2

2000 – 2011

Head of transport on every Harry Potter film.

Running the transport office for the series meant the prompt and safe carriage of up to 600 people a day, including VIPs, cast and crew, and overseeing up to 100 vehicles and drivers on every shooting day for a decade. Every driver, car, minibus and coach was fully licensed and insured.

  1. 01Philosopher's Stone2001
  2. 02Chamber of Secrets2002
  3. 03Prisoner of Azkaban2004
  4. 04Goblet of Fire2005
  5. 05Order of the Phoenix2007
  6. 06Half-Blood Prince2009
  7. 07Deathly Hallows – Part 12010
  8. 08Deathly Hallows – Part 22011

Dave Rosenbaum looked after me for the past ten years while I worked on the Harry Potter franchise for Warner Bros. I started filming when I was 11 and completed the series in June 2010 at the age of 20.

Throughout those years Dave provided me with the best drivers imaginable. They were always punctual, efficient and truly professional. They had a great sense of humour and I always looked forward to my journey to the studio every day.

Running the enormous transport office for Harry Potter was a huge task and Dave ran it with skill and precision and in spite of the enormity of this operation, Dave always remained calm and personable.

Dave remained accessible throughout these filming years and his expertise was invaluable when it came to travelling to challenging locations around the country. Dave's drivers were the first people I met in the morning and the last people I would see in the evening, after a day's filming. I could not have been in better hands at any time during the Potter years.

Daniel RadcliffeActor

I would recommend him wholeheartedly for any size of film, on any kind of location.

David BarronProducer

I can truly say that I have never had better, more efficient transportation.

Michael GambonActor

Filmography

The end credits.

Transportation department credits from 1994 onwards. Uncredited roles are marked. Years are release years.

2016

  • Transportation captain · London & MacauNow You See Me 2

2014

  • Transportation captainKingsman: The Secret Service
  • Transportation coordinator · LondonHercules
  • Transportation captainMuppets Most Wanted

2013

  • Transportation captain47 Ronin
  • Transportation captain · uncreditedThe Counselor
  • Transportation captainThe Invisible Woman
  • Driver: cast · uncreditedGravity
  • Transportation captainJack the Giant Slayer

2012

  • Transport managerSkyfall

2011

  • Production driver / transportation captainSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
  • Transport captainMy Week with Marilyn
  • Transportation coordinatorHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

2010

  • Transportation coordinatorHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1

2009

  • Transportation coordinatorHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2008

  • Transportation captain · LondonSpeed Racer
  • Transportation coordinator10,000 BC

2007

  • Transportation managerSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  • Transportation coordinatorHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2006

  • Car service · LondonGoya's Ghosts

2005

  • Transport coordinator · LondonV for Vendetta
  • Transportation coordinatorHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2004

  • Transportation coordinatorHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2002

  • Transportation coordinatorHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2001

  • Transportation coordinatorHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  • Unit driver · TV mini-series, 1 episodeBand of BrothersTV

2000

  • Transportation captainChocolat
  • Unit driverBorn Romantic
  • Unit driverGangster No. 1

1999

  • Unit driver · uncreditedSleepy Hollow
  • Unit driverTopsy-Turvy

1998

  • Driver to Tom HanksSaving Private Ryan

1997

  • Unit driver · uncreditedMortal Kombat: Annihilation
  • Unit driverDéjà Vu
  • Unit driverShooting Fish
  • Unit driver · uncreditedThe Saint

1996

  • Unit driver · uncreditedThe Secret Agent
  • DriverMary Reilly

1994

  • Unit driverSister My Sister

●39 productions shown