Dan Mirvish

A co-founder of the upstart Slamdance Film Festival, Dan Mirvish is also an active director, screenwriter and producer. Labeled a "cheerful subversive" by The New York Times, and "Hollywood's Bad Boy" by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Mirvish has been named as one of Variety's Top 50 Creatives to Watch, as well as one of Film Festival Today's Top 25 Most Influential People in Independent Film. He recently wrote the critically-acclaimed book "The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking" for Focal Press/Routledge. Dan's just finished the award-winning feature Bernard and Huey, scripted by Oscar/Pulitzer-winner Jules Feiffer, and starring Oscar-winner Jim Rash and David Koechner which traveled to over 30 film festivals on 5 continents and had a North American theatrical release by Freestyle Releasing/Entertainment Studios. So far, it has sold to 49 countries, with international sales by Kew Media Group. The film got great reviews in The New York Times, Washington Post, Villag