In 1966 Brill joined the Australian Broadcasting Commission in Hobart as a cameraman,[1] and the following year was sent to cover the 1967 Tasmanian fires.
[2] He accompanied Mike Willesee on an assignment to Vietnam and Cambodia for Four Corners in the early 1970s.
[2] He was twice awarded a United Nations Media Peace Award — for his work on SBS documentaries Good Morning Vietnam and Chad – Crisis in The Desert.
[3] An interview with Phillip Adams, broadcast on Radio National Late Night Live on 16 June 2003, is available as podcast.
[4] He was the subject of the book The Man Who Saw Too Much: David Brill, Combat Cameraman by John Little; Hachette Australia (2010) ISBN 978-0733627477 He was the subject of a documentary film David Brill's Story On the Frontlines (2021), available to watch via Freeview.