Because he worked in the mailroom, Geffen was able to intercept a letter from UCLA to WMA which stated that he had not graduated from UCLA. As he later reported in an interview, he claimed in his job application at WMA that he had graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). In order to obtain the WMA job, he had to prove he was a college graduate. Business careerĪfter a brief appearance as an extra in the 1961 film The Explosive Generation, Geffen began his entertainment career in the mailroom at the William Morris Agency (WMA), where he quickly became a talent agent. Geffen attributed his challenges in school to dyslexia. He attended Santa Monica College (then known as Santa Monica City College) in Santa Monica, California, but soon left. He then moved to Los Angeles, California to find his way in the entertainment business. He attended the University of Texas at Austin for a semester, and then Brooklyn College, before again dropping out. Geffen graduated from Brooklyn's New Utrecht High School in 1960 with a "barely passing 66 average".
Both of his parents were Jewish immigrants who met in British Mandatory Palestine and then moved to the United States.
Geffen's mother owned a clothing store in Borough Park called Chic Corsets by Geffen. David Geffen was born in Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York, to Abraham Geffen and Batya Volovskaya (1909–1988).
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