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Dan Lawler is an American writer, producer, director and line producer from Rochester, NY. After moving to Los Angeles, CA in 2003 to study improvisation at The Groundlings, Dan spent his first years in LA acting, writing and doing stand-up comedy before becoming established in production; a bridge he crossed via the Art Department, enabled by construction experience gained while working for his father's roofing company in western NY.

More recently, Dan has worked in production management with Miramax [us] on feature films such as He's All That (2021), Sick (2022) and Strange Darling (2023). After taking an in-house position at the studio, Dan supervised physical production for numerous Miramax features including The Beekeeper (2024), Old Dads (2023), and Here (2024) among others. In addition to supervising features in-house, Dan also served as line producer and UPM for additional photography units on The Exorcism (2024) in Los Angles and Harvest Moon in New York City.

Previous work includes Clemency (2019), which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival in 2019, two films with Scott Free Productions [us] with Jungleland (2019) and Our Friend (2019), as well as Los Angeles units for FilmNation Entertainment [us]'s The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021), and Netflix's Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer (2021). An indie highlight, Untitled Horror Movie (2021) was the first film project to receive a greenlight from SAG-AFTRA in the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Notable short film credits include Life of Riley (2023) which has won multiple festival awards including Best Short Film at the Los Angeles International Film Festival (2023), Best International Short Film at the London International Film Festival (2024), and Best Ensemble Cast as well as an Indie Spirit Award from Idyllwild Cinema Fest (2024). "Randy As Himself", a short film from Vanishing Angle [us] and writer/director Margaret Miller, which filmed in Los Angeles from May-June 2024, is one of the next wave of projects to hit the film festival circuit.

As of 2024, Dan is shopping multiple creative production packages with his company, Snow Day Conspiracy, including his own first narrative feature as a director, Through the Desert.

Cites his idols as Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Eugene Levy and Adam Sandler. All of whom have appeared on NBC&#39;s Saturday Night Live.

Excels at mathematics, including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus.

Once held the Junior Varsity Swimming record at Hilton High School for the 100-yard Butterfly (1:04).

Grew up in Western New York State, in Rochester, but has been known to tell people he is actually from Buffalo, NY (where his favorite football team - the Buffalo Bills - are from).

Grandfather, Patrick H. Lawler, served as a stand-in for Clark Gable.

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