Dan Blank is a recent graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he became the first animator to receive the esteemed George Heinemann Production Grant. He also received The Russell Hexter Filmmaker Award and The Thomas-Gidro Frank Award among others for his film, Shadowplay. He spent over two years producing Shadowplay in NYU’s Animation Production workshop and through interning at the model shop for MTV’s Celebrity Deathmatch. He also regularly performed voice-over impressions for the series. He has recently completed animating a commercial for A&E Networks and is currently developing his first live-action feature and a stop-motion series.