Nick Dash

Nick Dash has a unique background of military service, as well as fiction and entertainment production. Nick honorably served nearly fourteen years in the United States Marine Corps. He is also an accomplished screenwriter, director, and producer. Nick is an expert of Marine Corps history, culture and customs. He was deployed in several operations overseas in Japan, Thailand, and the Malaysia border of Cambodia, as well as Laos, Korea, and Iraq, and has instructed over 2,000 Marines in combat skills. His last assignment with the Marines was with The Marine Corps Combat Camera office in Los Angeles. There he was introduced to the entertainment industry. He worked for the USMC as a staff NCO to teach Jamie Foxx to be a Marine on the film Anthony Swoffard's Gulf War memoir, Jarhead starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Nick was instrumental in providing technical and logistic support that accurately portrayed the lives of Marines and Soldiers in combat. He has worked on several projects including, Pool Party, Dr. G: Medical Examiner for Discovery Channel, The Best Damn Sports Show Period and 2005 MTV Movie Awards Show. He has produced, directed and starred in the short film Porthole, a semi-autobiographical film following a Marine attempting to find himself after the Corps. The film received a heartfelt reception at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Nick has several projects in development for Los Angeles in the United States and abroad. Nick holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Concordia University, Irvine.