Speaker Highlight: Dan Mirvish

// November 17th, 2009 // LA

Dan Mirvish - DIY DaysDan Mirvish, co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival, will be speaking this Thursday on the subject of The Eisenstadt Experience, the fictional memoir of a campaign season. A storytelling experience that has spanned multiple mediums and even resulted in a political scandal. A review by Jeremy Jacobs, of Politics Magazine, described the accompanying book, I Am Martin Eisenstadt: One Man's (wildly inappropriate) Adventures with the Last Republicans, as “What Stephen Colbert is to Bill O’Reilly, Martin Eisenstadt is to countless political pundits. Hilarious…biting commentary on Washington, DC.”
Dan's career doesn't simply involve a highly successful film festival and a praise-worthy political satire, his feature film, Open House, completely reshaped the Oscar rules for (original) musicals. His directorial debut, Omaha, was mentored by none other than the legendary Robert Altman.

Q & A:

What excites you about the future?

The hope that Hollywood will now buy the rights to our book, and the wisdom to know that I'll still get screwed. otherwise? flying cars and taking a cruise to the North Pole

What's a site you couldn't live without?

IMDB Pro (the only site I pay money for)

What's something you wish you would have known before you found out the hard way?

That gravity and ladders don't mix well Follow Dan on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube - and be sure to RSVP if you'd like to see him speak at DIY Days Los Angeles.

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