Dan recently directed two shorts, Hello Sunshine and spoof comedy Going For Gold. He is attached to direct feature The Wrong Mrs Calloway.
Hello Sunshine has been selected for Lanzarote International Film Festival, Taos Shortz Film Festival and Bradford International Film Festival. It is written by Paul McNally, stars Lysette Anthony, Sara Stewart and Simon Paisley-Day, is produced by Andrew Clark and Executive produced by Alexandra Stone & Adrian Harrison.
His intriguing dark comedy Critical Eye with Hugh Bonneville & Anna Chancellor, won awards and critical acclaim on the festival circuit.
He is currently developing three features – Speechless with Simon Frank, Poets and Gangsters by Simon Farr and Second Chance by Paul McNally.
In 2010 Dan was selected to join ‘The Vipers Nest’ – an initiative set up by SALT to promote and develop writers, directors and producers to make commercial movies out of the UK.
He was previously a director on the critically acclaimed comedy series The Message for BBC 3. He is also an award-winning commercials director who continues to shoot all over the world. He recently completed a cinema/television/online ad for ADOT – you can view “Homeless” here.
To watch Dan’s shorts and the rest of his showreel please visit www.dannathan.co.uk.