Dan Eckman

{{short description|American director, writer, and producer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| birth_place = Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.

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| occupation = Director, writer, producer

| yearsactive = 2002–present

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Dan Eckman (born January 27, 1984) is an American director, writer, and producer. Eckman first came to attention for his work in the sketch group Derrick Comedy.

Early life

Eckman was born on January 27, 1984, in Manchester, New Hampshire. He has been writing, producing, directing, and editing short films since the age of 15, and his work has been screened at numerous film festivals across the country.{{cite web|url=http://www.derrickcomedy.com/people/dan |title=Dan Eckman Biography |publisher=www.derrickcomedy.com |access-date=2011-08-26}} He graduated from New York University with a B.F.A. in Film and TV Production in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://alumni.tisch.nyu.edu/object/sundancefilmfest09_tisch.html|title=NYU Tisch Alumni appearing at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival|access-date=2011-08-26|archive-date=2009-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031205908/http://alumni.tisch.nyu.edu/object/sundancefilmfest09_tisch.html|url-status=dead}}

Career

Eckman's career began when he started making sketch videos for the Derrick Comedy group along with fellow members Donald Glover, Dominic Dierkes, DC Pierson, and Meggie McFadden. His NYU undergraduate thesis film, CHECKOUT, won several awards, including Best College Short at the 2006 HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen.

In 2009, Derrick Comedy released the film Mystery Team, Derrick's first endeavor into the feature film world. The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Sundance-Review-Mystery-Team-11678.html |title=CinemaBlend Mystery Team Review |publisher=cinemablend |access-date=2011-08-27}}

Before making Mystery Team, Eckman was the video production director for Blue Man Group, where his work was seen on the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards, the 2005 Billboard Music Awards, on PBS, at Universal Orlando and in the Boston Children's Museum, among others.

Eckman, along with his other Derrick partners with the exception of Glover, made a guest appearance on Community as Pierce's joke writers.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

In 2011, Eckman directed the MTV film Worst. Prom. Ever. which starred Daryl Sabara and was produced by Pierson and McFadden.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

In 2011, Eckman directed the very first Childish Gambino music video, "Freaks and Geeks",{{cite web|url=http://www.iamdonald.com/post/3506102377/heres-the-video-for-freaks-and-geeks-enjoy |title=IAMDONALD Freaks and Geeks |publisher=iamdonald |date=2011-02-25 |access-date=2011-08-26}} and the video for his single "Bonfire".

In 2011, Eckman directed the thirteenth episode of the third season of Community.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

Personal life

Eckman was married to Meggie McFadden on July 10, 2010, in Paris.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/justmeggie/statuses/19352370366 |title=Just Married |publisher=Twitter |date=2010-07-23 |access-date=2011-08-26}}

Filmography

colspan="4"\| Filmography
class="wikitable"
Year \|\| Title \|\| Role \|\| Notes
2005	57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	segment director
rowspan="7" \| 2006	Channel 101	Various	TV movie
Keyboard Kid	director/editor	video short
Bro Rape: A Newsline Investigative Report	director/editor	video short
National Spelling Bee	director/editor	video short
Celebrity	director/editor	video short
Self Defense	director/editor	video short
Girls Are Not to Be Trusted	director/editor	video short
rowspan="4" \| 2007	Jerry	director/editor	video short
Emo Song	director/editor	video short
Blowjob Girl	director/editor	video short
Memory Loss	director/editor	video short
2009	Mystery Team	director/editor/producer/writer	Feature Film
2011	Worst. Prom. Ever.	director/editor	TV movie
2012	The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To	director/writer