Biography
Dan’s collaborators include Madonna, Noel Gallagher, Guy Ritchie, Stephen Graham, Hannah Walters, Jason Statham, Goldie, Will.I.Am, Mumford & Sons & Idris Elba.
Working with Guy for over a decade, Dan moved quickly from production assistant on 'Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels', to Guy's assistant. He developed and wrote on projects including 'Snatch' and 'RocknRolla'.
Dan has written and directed with Madonna for many years, across a variety of projects - tour documentaries, videos and a commercial for H&M. He wrote the liner notes for her 'Greatest Hits Volume 2' album. Dan was called upon to work with Neil Purvis and Robert Wade to write a scene for Madonna in the James Bond film, 'Die Another Day' (he even managed to sneak a line in for James Bond himself.
He has directed music videos for many artists including Mumford and Sons with Idris Elba, Kasabian, Natalie Imbruglia and Rick Astley. He continues to closely collaborate with Noel Gallagher, having directed ten videos for his High Flying Birds - featuring Matt Smith, Jack O'Connell, Stephen Graham, Hannah Walters and Gala Gordon. He has also directed ads for Wonderbra, H&M, Royal London and Aston Martin.
Dan's first short film, 'The Devil's Wedding', made Official Selection at 15 international film festivals, winning 5 awards, including Best International Short at the Cleveland International Film Festival. The unique film, told completely in rhyme, stars Stephen Graham and Lena Headey and counts amongst its fans, Johnny Depp and Harry Potter producer Lionel Wigram who called the film "a tour de force". He is currently reworking the screenplay into a feature.
Having adapted novels for James Patterson and Attica Locke, Dan's feature screenplay, 'Walk Like A Panther', was given the green light by Stacey Snider at 20th Century Fox. He produced and directed the film, with an ensemble cast including Stephen Graham, Dave Johns, Jill Halfpenny, Julian Sands, Hannah Walters, Sue Johnston, Guz Khan, Scroobius Pip and Jason Flemyng.
Dan collaborated with Goldie to write the six-part limited series 'Sine Tempore' - a unique, sweeping tale of doomed love and intense conflict, and the shattering consequences of both. A modern day, Shakespearean tragedy.
He is attached to direct a feature biopic of Jonny Kennedy, the inspirational subject of the Emmy winning documentary 'The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off'.
Dan wrote episode 2 of the BBC's 'Boiling Point' spin off series.
Dan rewrote all 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in rhyme for the 75th anniversary. Working with Choose Love, Smiley Movement and Art for Human Rights, he directed the films, which were read by artists such as Dame Judi Dench, Olivia Colman, Bella Ramsey, Jude Law, Annie Lennox, Nazanin Boniadi and Rita Ora. To date, the films have had over 230 million views across social media.
He continues to develop his own projects for TV and film.
