Experience

BIOGRAPHY/RÉSUMÉ OF DAN_S (ABRIDGED)

Dan was born in Estes Park, Colorado in 1979 but spent the majority of his childhood living in Boulder, Colorado with his parents, Julia and Andrew. His mother was a ballet instructor and his father owned a music store. Dan began making movies in the mid-nineties and has had the majority of his work shown publicly in festivals and other venues. Dan has lived and worked in Minneapolis, Minnesota since 2001.

Formal Film Education

None

Over the years Dan has participated in dozens of film productions in various capacities but some of his more notable credits are as follows:

1997 – Stanley - 8 Minute Video - Co-Director, Co-Writer, Director of Photography

1997 – Gumby and Pokey Fuck Shit Up - 5 Minute Animation – Co-Director, Writer, Camera Operator

1997 – The Best Job Ever - 5 Minute Video - Director/Writer/Editor/Director of Photography

2002 – Cast Down (Mike Alvin) - 16mm Short - First Assistant, Grip, Assistant Gaffer

2003 – Vacancy (Mike Alvin) - 16mm Short - First Assistant, Cast (‘Hospital Employee’)

2003 – Dawn of Hondo Lunt – 17 Minute Video – Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography

2003 – Lucky Bastard – 6 Minute Video – Director, Editor, Writer

2006 – Water Passing Through Weeds – 10 Minute Video – Director, Writer, Editor

2006 – Seeking Wellness Part One: Cup of Friendship, Shrine of Scars - 17 Minute Video - Director, Writer, Editor

2007 – Seeking Wellness Part Two: Daddy’s Time – 23 Minute Video – Director, Writer, Editor

2007 – Creep (Paul von Stoetzel) – 10 Minute Conceptual Video - Editor

2007 – Seeking Wellness Part Three: Malignant Love – 20 Minute Video - Director, Writer, Editor

2008 – Seeking Wellness Part Four: Final Project – 53 Minute Video – Director, Writer, Editor

2008 – Seeking Wellness:Suffering Through Four Movements – 91 Minute Video - Director, Writer, Editor

2008 – Sea Horses (Eric Steil) – 12 Minute 16mm Transgressive Short – Sound, Grip

2009 – Matt’s Story – 27 Minute Video – Director, Writer, Editor

2009 – Nervous Dawn (Chris Bakke) – 15 Minute Video – Boom Operator, Grip

2009 – Vocation – 26 Minute Video – Director, Writer, Editor

2010 – Victory. – 28 Minute Video – Director, Co-Writer, Editor

2011 – INVINCIBLE FORCE – 130 Minute Video Narrative – Director, Writer, Editor

2011 – Leichen Wasser (Talissa Mehringer) - Experimental Short – Sound

2012 – Ned Abdul Needs More Retail Space – 18 Minute Documentary – Director, Writer, Editor

2012 – Sustenance of Tyrants [In Production] – SUPER 8MM – Director, Writer, Actor

2012 – A Passing Place – 9 Minute Video – Director, Editor

2014 – Old Man – 170 Minute Documentary – Director, Writer, Editor

2014 – Downstream [Andrew Martin] – 7 Minutes Narrative – Camera, Editor

2014 - Bottom of the 4th [Andrew Martin] - 8 Minutes Narrative - Sound, Editor

2016 – Vore King – Documentary – Director, Writer, Editor

2018 - Shooting at the O.K. Corral - 7 Minute Documentary - Director, Camera, Editor, Sound

2018 - Origin Story (Kulap Vilaysack) - Documentary - Camera, Sound

2018 - Wish You Were Here - 13 Minute Documentary - Director, Writer, iPhone, Editor

2019 – And With Him Came The West [Mike Plante] – Documentary Feature - Camera

2019 - Father's Day - 11 Minute Documentary - Director, Camera, Editor, Sound

2021 - The Truth About Hastings - 9 Minute Hybrid - Director, Camera, Editor, Sound

2021 - Seed of Perfection - 7 Minute Hybrid - Director, Camera, Editor, Sound

2021 - Lake Street: Independence Day - 20 Minute Documentary - Director, Camera, Sound

2021 - Charlene [Pre-Production] - Narrative Feature - Director, Writer

2022 - Thirtyeight [Pre-Production] - Narrative Feature - Director, Writer

2023 - Big Thompson [Pre-Production] - Narrative Feature - Director, Writer

2023 - EN AVANT [about a year in MPLS] - 37 Minute Documentary - Director, Camera, Editor, Sound

2024 - Used to Be - 10 Minute Documentary - Director, Writer, Editor

Awards

"Audience Award" Mimesis 2023
"Best Short Documentary" Weyauwega International Film Festival 2023
"Audience Award" Mimesis 2022
"Honorable Mention" Chicago Underground Film Festival 2021
"Best Experimental Film" Athens International Film + Video Festival 2021
"Special Jury Prize/Honorable Mention" Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Film Festival 2021
"Best Experimental Short" Midwest Weirdfest 2021
"Best of Fest/Audience Award" Big Muddy Film Festival 2021
"Best Documentary" Subversive Cinema Society 2017
"Best Documentary" Midwest Weirdfest 2017
The McKnight Fellowship for Media Arts 2016
Creative Capital Grant For Moving Image 2015
“Best Feature Documentary” Weyauwega International Film Festival 2014
Maximus Lepus (Grand Prize) Duluth Superior Film Festival 2014
“Best Short Documentary” Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Film Festival 2013
“Best Short Documentary” Weyauwega International Film Festival 2012
“Best Soundtrack” Minneapolis Underground Film Festival 2011
“Best of Fest” (Grand Prize) Radar Hamburg International 2011
The McKnight Fellowship for Filmmaking 2010
“Special Jury Prize” Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2009
“Audience Award” Filmstock International Film Festival 2007
“Best Short Film” Sydney Underground Film Festival 2007
“Experimentation in Film Award” Sydney Underground Film Festival 2007
“Most Disturbing Film” Seattle True Independent Film Festival 2007
“Employee of The Year” International House of Pancakes 1998

Nominations

“Best Short Film” British Film Festival of Los Angeles 2009
“Best Short Film” International Film Festival of England 2008

Public Exhibitions of Work (Partial Listing)

Slow Film Festival 2023
Revelation Perth International 2023
Athens International Film + Video 2021/23
Mimesis 2022/23
Athens International Film + Video 2021/23
True/False Film Festival 2021
Ann Arbor Film Festival 2021
Big Muddy Film Festival 2021
Omaha Film Festival 2021
Antimatter [Media Art] Festival 2020
Chicago Underground Film Festival 2020
Filmstock International 2019
Walker Art Center 2017
Dairy Center for the Arts 2017
Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn 2017
Anthology Film Archives New York 2017
GardenCity International FIlm Festival 2017
Midwest Weirdfest 2017
Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival 2016
Duluth Superior Film Festival 2016
Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Film Festival 2016
Cellular Cinema 2015
Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2014
Duluth Superior Film Festival 2014
Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Film Festival 2014
TPT Channel 2 – MNTV 2014
Walker Art Center 2014
Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Film Festival 2013
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2013
Thin Line International Film Festival 2013
Weyauwega International Film Festival 2012
Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2012
Olympia Film Festival 2011
Radar Hamburg International Film Festival 2011
Pollygrind Festival 2011
Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2010
Hobo Film Festival 2009
Filmstock International Film Festival 2009
Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2009
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival 2009
British Film Festival of Los Angeles 2009
Tromapalooza 2008
Filmstock International Film Festival 2008
Clapperclaw Music and Arts Festival 2008
Sacramento Horror Film Festival 2008
International Film Festival of England 2008
Backyard Film Festival 2008
Homegrown Film Series 2008
Filmstock International Film Festival 2007
Cannes Short Film Corner 2007
Sydney Underground Film Festival 2007
Seattle True Independent Film Festival 2007
IFP Cinema Lounge 2004