Biography
Dann Saxton is a Director. He is a 2x Emmy award winning producer, documentarian, virtual reality/immersive director, music/entertainment industry veteran, and was instrumental in guiding the music industry's adoption of virtual and augmented reality platforms and content.
He co-founded Los Angeles based mixed-reality technology and content company, VRLIVE, in 2014. Leading the development and design of Universal Music Group's VR platform, VRTGO. The company developed and powered Augmented and Virtual Reality experiences and metaverse platforms. In 2017 Dann co-founded Digital Nation Entertainment, continuing to create immersive and spatial content and experiences featuring music artists such as U2, Coldplay, Radiohead, Demi Lovato, Slash, Justin Bieber, 5 Seconds of Summer, Ellie Goulding, Common, Cage The Elephant, Shawn Mendes, Rob Zombie, Steve Aoki, Andra Day, Hunter Hayes, Logic, Avenged Sevenfold, Brian Wilson, Johnny Depp and Alice Cooper with The Hollywood Vampires. Also, the company developed groundbreaking technology and experiences for Super Bowl LI, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, iHeartRadio Music Awards, Indy 500, Electric Daisy Carnival, and Lollapalooza, and many more.
VRLIVE co-produced the most talked about commercial from Super Bowl LI, and Dann was invited to Cannes to speak about it with Director Peter Berg. Dann won his first Emmy in 2014 for his work producing with CBS, and another Emmy in 2021 for Digital Innovation for his work with the NBA and TNT. Dann has also been featured on-camera conducting interviews of Larry King, Cheech Marin, Lou Adler, Steve Aoki, Lemmy Kilmister, and many more.
From 2005-2015, as a member of the management team of the globally influential music venue, The Roxy Theatre on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. He organized every production detail for performances from current artists and legacy acts such as Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Machine Gun Kelly and Imagine Dragons, and also artists such as U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer, Billy Joel, Van Halen, Billy Idol, Blink 182, and many more. Dann is thrilled that he was able to work directly with most of his musical heroes, and was also able to help newer artists grow in their performance, video capture, lighting aesthetic, and stage presence.
Dann is also an actor, featured in commercials/television/film.
