David Cahill (1921 – August 2008) was an Australian actor, writer-producer and director, notable for his work directing for television from its introduction in the 1950s through to 1970s.
[2] His pioneering credits at ATN7 included Australia's first religious TV series, featuring a teenaged Annette Andre, and first long-running dramatic serial starring Muriel Steinbeck.
[4] Back in Sydney for the 60s, Cahill broke taboos and pushed censorship limits as the director of the satirical The Mavis Bramston Show and the angry young men serial You Can't See 'Round Corners for the Seven Network.
Toward the end of his directing career, Cahill helmed the majority of ABC's early colour soap opera serial Certain Women.
He was the father of Sally Cahill,[5] the Australian actress appearing in the television series Prisoner, whom he directed in her teenage debut (Halfway to Nowhere) and a number of serial performances.