Dano Johnson

Dano Johnson studied educational television at the University of Texas at Austin and interned in the Creative Development Department at Sesame Workshop. After spending three years in the eLearning industry and teaching himself animation, he founded Collection Agency Films. Dano's animated ads, music videos, and short films have won Telly, Lone Star Emmy, and Polly awards and have played 50 film festivals. Dano has written, directed, and animated two award-winning animated films for the math education market - 'Flatland: the Movie' and 'Flatland 2: Sphereland' starring Martin Sheen, Kristen Bell, and Michael York among others. Both films have received acclaim at international film festivals and in 2013 'Flatland: The Movie' was on exhibition at the Pompidou-Metz art museum in Paris. Dano has given standing-room-only keynote presentations to thousands of educators, appeared on the PBS Nightly Business Report to discuss intellectual property legislation, and is proud to note the Flatland films have been seen by over one million students around the world, inspiring children to see mathematics and science in new ways.