Biografia
Dan Gagliasso is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and screenwriter whose work as a director, producer, or writer includes numerous History Channel and Discovery Channel programs such as Law Enforcement Snipers, The True Story of the Black Sheep, Comanche Warriors, The Battle of New Orleans, The O.K. Corral Gunfight, and The Donner Party. A member of the Directors Guild of America since 2002, he has also directed or produced episodes for cable series including History's Mysteries, Frontier, Unsolved History, and Legends & Lies. In 2002, he co-wrote the acclaimed History Channel two-hour special Boone and Crockett: The Hunter Heroes, which received the Western Writers of America Award for Best Documentary Script. He has written action films for legendary producer Roger Corman, including 'Nam Angels; served as historical advisor to writer/director John Milius on the TNT Teddy Roosevelt miniseries Rough Riders; and produced and/or co-written several recent low-budget action films such as Expendable Assets. Currently, he has three scripts in various stages of development: the World War II time travel adventure Dragon's Teeth with Mednick Productions; the true-life prison escape story Lawyers, Guns & Money with Truth Entertainment/NoEgo Productions; and an adaptation of David Yurth’s medical science fact/fiction book Code Eraser with RZ Productions. Additionally, he has published over 170 articles in national magazines including American Cinematographer, Soldier of Fortune, The O.S.S. Society Journal, Montana: The Magazine of Western History, Cowboys & Indians, American Cowboy, True West, The Cowboy Way, and many others. His book, The Celluloid Custer: The American Indian Wars on Film, is set to be published by the University of New Mexico Press in 2020.
