Dan Mirvish
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Dan Mirvish

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Dan Mirvish is a director, screenwriter, producer and author. He's currently in post-production on his new feature, "18½," a 70s Watergate thriller/dark comedy. Prior to that, he directed the award-winning film "Bernard and Huey," scripted by Oscar/Pulitzer-winner Jules Feiffer, starring Oscar-winner Jim Rash and David Koechner. It screened in over 30 film festivals on 5 continents, and had a 20-city US theatrical release. Dan wrote the bestselling non-fiction book "The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking" for Focal Press/Routledge, with a 2nd Edition coming July 6, 2021. His film "Between Us," starring Julia Stiles, David Harbour & Taye Diggs, sold to 144 countries, and screened on Netflix, Showtime and Starz. Dan was mentored by Robert Altman on his first film, "Omaha (the movie)," which led him to co-found the Slamdance Film Festival. His film "Open House" prompted the Academy Awards to controversially rewrite their rules on the Best Original Musical category. Mirvish also co-wrote the critically-acclaimed novel "I Am Martin Eisenstadt" based on the fake McCain advisor who took credit for Sarah Palin not knowing Africa was a continent. Dan has a master's degree from USC film school, is a member of the DGA and has guest lectured at more than 40 film schools around the world.
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