Dan Farr
File:Dan Farr with Sir Patrick Stewart at Salt Lake Comic Con FanXperience.jpg at the Salt Lake Comic Con FanXperience in 2014]]
Dan Farr (born February 15, 1967) is an entrepreneur, known for co-founding Daz 3D,{{cite web|url=http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/02/daz-3d-why-we-gave-our-software-away-for-free/|publisher=CGChannel.com|title=Daz 3D: why we gave our software away for free|date=2012-02-10|accessdate=2015-09-14}} a 3D content and software company, and for founding Salt Lake Comic Con.{{cite web|url=http://universe.byu.edu/2015/01/24/utahs-largest-convention-salt-lake-comic-con-fanxperience-returns/|publisher=The Digital Universe|title=Utah's largest convention: Salt Lake Comic Con FanXperience returns|date=2015-01-24|accessdate=2015-09-14}}
Career
Dan Farr co-founded Daz 3D Inc. in 2000.{{cite web|url=http://3dprint.com/41231/daz-3d-embraces-3d-printing/|publisher=3DPrint.com|title=Daz 3D Embraces 3D Printing for Their Popular Figurines|date=2015-02-02|accessdate=2015-09-14}} Daz 3D is a company that develops and publishes 3D digital content and software for creative professionals and hobbyists.{{cite web|url=http://3dprint.com/41231/daz-3d-embraces-3d-printing/|publisher=3DPrint.com|title=Daz 3D Embraces 3D Printing for Their Popular Figurines|date=2015-02-02|accessdate=2015-09-14}} Two of the products Farr helped create while at DAZ were Daz Studio and Genesis Platform.{{cite web|url=http://www.graphics.com/news-old/daz-studio-enhanced-creating-characters-art-and-animation|publisher=Graphics.com|title=DAZ Studio Enhanced for Creating Characters, Art and Animation|date=2011-05-30|accessdate=2014-09-14}}
In 2005 Farr, along with his partners at Daz 3D, created an illustrated Christmas book entitled Mr. Finnegan’s Giving Chest using Daz 3D's products and featured actor Dick Van Dyke.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0PBqAAAACAAJ|title=Google Books: Mr. Finnegan's Giving Chest|date=2005-10-25|isbn=9781590385555|accessdate=2014-02-25|last1=Farr|first1=Dan|last2=Dyke|first2=Dick Van}}
Shortly after leaving Daz 3D in the spring of 2012, Farr began planning Salt Lake Comic Con, a biannual comic book convention. The name of the convention was changed to FanX after a lawsuit was filed by Comic-Con International (CCI), the nonprofit that runs San Diego Comic-Con.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2017/12/08/breaking-jury-decides-for-san-diego-comic-con-in-12m-trademark-suit/#2c091b5fcc86|title = Jury Decides for San Diego Comic-Con in Trademark Suit}} In 2018, Farr announced he would reduce his roles in FanX after allegedly mishandling a sexual harassment complaint.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2018/05/23/after-sexual-harassment-controversy-fanx-says-its-founders-are-stepping-back-and-it-will-donate-to-times-up/|title = After sexual-harassment controversy, FanX says its founders are stepping back and it will donate to Time’s Up|date=2018-05-23|accessdate=2024-08-29|publisher=The Salt Lake Tribune}}
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Category:Businesspeople from Salt Lake City