Dan S

Dan is a writer/director/editor and sometimes camera operator currently residing in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A recipient of two McKnight Fellowships (2010/2016) and The Creative Capital Award for Moving Image (2015), Dan has been recognized primarily for his experimental narrative work (SEEKING WELLNESS, INVINCIBLE FORCE) which has been called “uncomfortable to watch” (Urban Cinephile 2009), “sublime yet terrifying” (Filmstock 2008), “stunningly depraved” (Melbourne Underground 2009) and “the kind of thinky/sadistic exercise that even the dark prince of psychological horror Michael Haneke might find difficult to watch” (City Pages 2008). In 2013 he delved into the documentary form with a personal exploration of fatherhood, familial violence, and the death of record stores entitled OLD MAN, described by film scholar Jack Sargeant as “an exceptional and poetic work” (Film Ink 2014). In 2015 Dan shot his second feature documentary, VORE KING, a detailed portrait of R.P. Whalen, world famous horror host, trash movie guru, carnival sideshow barker and America's premier purveyor of vorarephilia fetish pornography. Shortly thereafter Dan suffered a traumatic brain injury and subsequently his projects have become smaller in scale and more introspective. Dan’s work has been seen at Anthology Film Archives, The Walker Art Center, MoMA, Ann Arbor Film Festival, True/False Film Festival, Fantasia, Fantastic Fest, Athens International Film & Video, Filmstock International, Cellular Cinema, Revelation Perth, Antimatter [Media Art], Grand Illusion Cinema, Trylon Microcinema, and a few other places.