Dan is a screenwriter, playwright, game designer, animator, and educator. Most recently his sci-fi dark comedy short film, Lyfe, won Best Animation International at the Alternative Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, and a Gold Medal at the New Media Experimental Digital Arts Film Festival in London, UK. His scripts have won the Grand Jury Prize at Film Invasion Los Angeles and Best Comedy Teleplay at the Oregon Short Film Festival. Dan teaches professional writing courses at the University of Illinois, Champaign Urbana.