Dan is a Lighting Designer with over 25 years of experience in live events, television, theme parks and theatre, and is known for his particular expertise in 3D rendering and production pre-visualization.
From 2000-2008, Dan held the position of Associate Lighting Designer to Bob Dickinson and Bob Barnhart at Full Flood Inc. and prepared blueprints for over 500 televised events including six Emmy winning productions for Outstanding Lighting Design (75th Academy Awards, the 46th, 49th & 50th Grammy Awards, and the 2002 and 2004 Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Salt Lake and Athens). After becoming a freelance lighting director in 2008, Dan has since teamed up w/ Matt Ford of Magic Lantern Creations and Joshua Hutchings and Illumination Advocates for finale productions of Singoff at the Dolby Theatre and America’s Got Talent Finale at Radio City.
Dan’s theme park credits include attraction design for Marvel Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. in Times Square NYC. Consulting work w/ CD+M Lighting Design Group includes attraction design for the IMG City of Arabia and Bollywood theme parks in Dubai, exterior LED programming for Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, and onsite lighting direction for Legoland Malaysia and The Happy Magic Water Cube Olympic Swim Pavilion in Beijing.
As dedicated theatrical designer of small and not-so-small theatre, Dan has contributed to the production of over a 100 plays and live events in the Los Angeles Area since the mid 90’s. Recent theatrical credits include Iceland with Overtone Industries at REDCAT, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo and Abigail’s Party at San Francisco Playhouse, Cirque Berzerk at Club Nokia and LA Historic State Park, James Joyce's The Dead with the Open Fist Theatre Company and the currently open Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side at the Matrix Theatre in Hollywood.
Unique traits: Live Events, Television, Theatre, Theme Parks, Production Design, 3D Renderings
First Responders Live
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Television
by Fox
Lighting Designer Served as Director of Photography/ Lighting Designer for the weekly live studio segments for Season 1 of First Responders Live on Fox. The FRL design included standard studio lighting for standing position and interviews, and included integrated lighting effects to enhance and support augmented virtual reality effects onstage, and emergency reposes style sirens effects to bumper shots to commercial breaks.
Psychobabble
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TV Series
Camera and Electrical Department
Apologies in Advance with Andrea Russett
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TV Series
Camera and Electrical Department
Goin' Raw with Timothy Delaghetto
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TV Series
Camera and Electrical Department
Shane & Friends
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TV Series
by Fullscreen
Camera and Electrical Department
Kingdom Geek
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TV Series
Camera and Electrical Department
Explain Things to Me
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TV Series
Camera and Electrical Department
Slumber Party
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TV Series
Camera and Electrical Department
Zall Good
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TV Series
Camera and Electrical Department
James Joyce's The Dead
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Theater
by Open Fist Theatre
Lighting Designer
Overtone Industries ICELAND at the New Original Works (NOW) Festival
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Theater
by REDCAT- Roy and Edna Disney/ CALARTS Theater
Lighting Designer
Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O..N. at the Discovery Center, Times Square NYC
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Industrial
by Victory Hill Entertainment
Lighting Designer
iL Divo- A Musical Affair at the Marquis Theatre, NYC
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Theater
by Illumination Dynamics
Assoc. Lighting Designer/ CAD Draftsman
Abigail's Party
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Theater
by SF Playhouse, San Francisco
Lighting Designer
Bengal Tiger at the Bagdad Zoo at the SF Playhouse
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Theater
by SF Playhouse, San Francisco
Lighting Designer
America's Got Talent Finale at Radio City Music Hall
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Television
by Illumination Dynamics
Assoc. Lighting Designer/ CAD Draftsman
Legoland Malaysia Theme Park
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Industrial
by CD+M Lighting Design Group
Onsite Lighting Designer
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi Theme Park
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Industrial
by CD+M Lighting Design Group
LED programming and Pre-viz for Building Facade
Happy Magic Water Cube Olympic Swim Pavillion, Beijing China
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Industrial
by CD+M Lighting Design Group
Onsite Lighting Designer
Cirque Berzerk
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Theater
by Los Angeles Historic State Park, Forecastle Festival KY, Sony Vaio Release 2009, Club Nokia Los Angeles
Lighting Designer
Full Flood Inc.
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Television
Coordinated the preparation and distribution of lighting designs for over 500 broadcast and special events, including six Emmy winning productions as the assistant designer and draftsman for Bob Barnhart and Bob Dickinson.
The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards
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Film
Camera and Electrical Department
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty
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Film
Camera and Electrical Department
The 50th Annual Grammy Awards
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Film
Camera and Electrical Department
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
(1992-1995)