Dan Mirvish
Prior to directing “18½,” award-winning filmmaker and author Dan Mirvish made the critically-acclaimed features "Bernard and Huey," "Between Us," "Open House" and "Omaha (the movie)." He's the author of "The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking" (Focal Press/Routledge), frequent film school guest lecturer and cofounder of the Slamdance Film Festival. A graduate of USC film school, Dan was also a U.S. Senate speechwriter and journalist.
Open House (2004)
A tangled tale of intrigue, romance, lost love, and the one thing everyone has in common: the American dream of finding a home. The off-kilter real estate agent desperate to sell a house, a pair of "Sexy Swipers" who make quickie love in open houses, ... (more)
A tangled tale of intrigue, romance, lost love, and the one thing everyone has in common: the American dream of finding a home. The off-kilter real estate agent desperate to sell a house, a pair of "Sexy Swipers" who make quickie love in open houses, ... (more)
Between Us
(2012)
A New York couple and their Midwestern friends find that drastic changes have occurred in their respective lives since they last met. (more)
A New York couple and their Midwestern friends find that drastic changes have occurred in their respective lives since they last met. (more)
Playing Columbine (2008)
Chronicles the history of the game "Super Columbine Massacre RPG!." The film traces back the 16-bit role-playing game to its inception, through the 2006 shooting at Dawson College in which the game was singled out by the media as a "murder simulator" that "trained" ... (more)
Chronicles the history of the game "Super Columbine Massacre RPG!." The film traces back the 16-bit role-playing game to its inception, through the 2006 shooting at Dawson College in which the game was singled out by the media as a "murder simulator" that "trained" ... (more)
Bernard and Huey (2018)
Two old friends reunite, which causes complications. (more)
Two old friends reunite, which causes complications. (more)
Omaha (The Movie) (1995)
From the co-founder of Slamdance comes the story of a young man who returns home from a trip abroad to confront not just his peculiar family and friends, but also a pair of Colombian jewel thieves and a roving gang of Iowa kickboxers, culminating in a showdown at ... (more)
From the co-founder of Slamdance comes the story of a young man who returns home from a trip abroad to confront not just his peculiar family and friends, but also a pair of Colombian jewel thieves and a roving gang of Iowa kickboxers, culminating in a showdown at ... (more)
Independent's Day
(1998)
Filmmakers at the Sundance Film Festival discuss what it is like to be an independent filmmaker, and what Sundance has done for them. (more)
Filmmakers at the Sundance Film Festival discuss what it is like to be an independent filmmaker, and what Sundance has done for them. (more)
18½
(2022)
In 1974, a White House transcriber is thrust into the Watergate scandal when she obtains the only copy of the infamous 18½-minute gap in Nixon's tapes. (more)
In 1974, a White House transcriber is thrust into the Watergate scandal when she obtains the only copy of the infamous 18½-minute gap in Nixon's tapes. (more)
Open House (2001)