Dan Mirvish is an American filmmaker and author, best known as the
co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival and co-creator of the Martin
Eisenstadt hoax during the 2008 Presidential election.Mirvish was born
to a Jewish family in Omaha, the son of Linda and Sidney Mirvish. His
father was a prominent cancer researcher at the University of Nebraska
Medical Center. In 1985, Mirvish graduated from Omaha Central High
School. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Washington University in St.
Louis. After school, he worked as a freelance journalist and as a
speechwriter for Tom Harkin, U.S. Senator from Iowa before taking a
sabbatical to travel around the world. He then returned to California
to complete his education in film at the University of Southern
California film school.In 1994, while still in school, he released his
first feature film entitled Omaha as his master’s thesis for and
then founded the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah after the
film was not accepted at the Sundance Film Festival.In 2004, Mirvish
spearheaded the effort to get the Academy of Motion Picture Arts &
Sciences to reactivate their Best Original Musical Oscar category. In
a controversial move, the Academy canceled the category after Mirvish
and others submitted the requisite number of films, including two by
Mirvish.
co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival and co-creator of the Martin
Eisenstadt hoax during the 2008 Presidential election.Mirvish was born
to a Jewish family in Omaha, the son of Linda and Sidney Mirvish. His
father was a prominent cancer researcher at the University of Nebraska
Medical Center. In 1985, Mirvish graduated from Omaha Central High
School. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Washington University in St.
Louis. After school, he worked as a freelance journalist and as a
speechwriter for Tom Harkin, U.S. Senator from Iowa before taking a
sabbatical to travel around the world. He then returned to California
to complete his education in film at the University of Southern
California film school.In 1994, while still in school, he released his
first feature film entitled Omaha as his master’s thesis for and
then founded the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah after the
film was not accepted at the Sundance Film Festival.In 2004, Mirvish
spearheaded the effort to get the Academy of Motion Picture Arts &
Sciences to reactivate their Best Original Musical Oscar category. In
a controversial move, the Academy canceled the category after Mirvish
and others submitted the requisite number of films, including two by
Mirvish.
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