Dan Sterling

{{short description|American screenwriter and television producer}}

Dan Sterling is an American screenwriter and television producer who has worked on many successful television shows, including King of the Hill, Kitchen Confidential, The Daily Show, South Park, The Sarah Silverman Program and The Office.{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = 'The Office' Newly Named Executive Producers -- Dan Sterling & Brent Forrester | url = https://deadline.com/2012/05/dan-sterling-brent-forrester-named-executive-producers-on-nbcs-the-office-275958/ | publisher = | date = | access-date = 1 November 2012 }}

Sterling's script The Interview became famous after it was seen as an act of war by the supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kim Jong-un.{{Cite web|url = https://www.npr.org/2014/12/28/373587951/director-the-interview-is-a-case-of-accidental-irony|title = Director: the Interview is a Case of Actual Irony|date = 28 December 2014|accessdate = 28 December 2014|website = NPR|publisher = National Public Radio|last = |first = }} The Guardians of Peace made terrorist threats of "a 9/11 style attack" against cinemas who planned to screen the film, and also threatened the safety of Sony Pictures employees and their families.{{Cite web|url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sony-hack-new-leaked-docs-758358|title = Sony Hack: New Leaked Docs Reveal Michael Lynton's Email Inbox|date = 16 December 2014|accessdate = 28 December 2014|website = The Hollywood Reporter|last = Siegel|first = Tatiana}} As a result of these threats, Sony Pictures initially cancelled the release of The Interview, though it was later given a limited theatrical release, with broad digital release online through a Sony website, Google Play, Microsoft's Xbox Video, and YouTube Movies.{{Cite news|url = http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=InCMR7g4BCKC2wiZPkcVUgeDpVlnw+mL&user_id=8431c3b3c585decbbca7f63609efe2a7&email_type=eta&task_id=1419790618242994®i_id=0|title = Sony Broadly Releases 'The Interview' in Reversal of Plans|date = 27 December 2014|access-date = 28 December 2014|newspaper = New York Times|archive-url = https://archive.today/20141228182108/http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=InCMR7g4BCKC2wiZPkcVUgeDpVlnw+mL&user_id=8431c3b3c585decbbca7f63609efe2a7&email_type=eta&task_id=1419790618242994®i_id=0|archive-date = 28 December 2014|url-status = dead}}