Dan
Dan Eckman has been writing, producing, directing, and editing short films since the age of 15 and his work has been screened at numerous film festivals across the country. A graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a B.F.A in Film and TV Production, he has just completed post production on his first feature length film, Mystery Team (premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009), which he directed and edited. Before making Mystery Team, he was the Video Production Director for Blue Man Group where his work was seen on the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards, the 2005 Billboard Music Awards, on PBS, at Universal Orlando and in the Boston Children’s Museum, among others. His NYU undergraduate thesis film, CHECKOUT won several awards, including Best College Short at the 2006 HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen.