Dan Bootzin

Dan Bootzin is an editor, writer, director and producer. His films include the award-winning short "Six Point NIne" (Golden Bear for Best Short, Berlin International Film Festival) and "Apartment 12", a romantic comedy starring Mark Ruffalo (winner Best Feature - Birmingham Film Festival, Best Director - Phoenix Film Festival) Dan is also a commercial editor, who ran Venice Beach Editorial, the in-house editorial company for advertising agency TBWA/CHIAT. Dan won an Emmy for his work on the iconic Apple spot "Think Different", as well as working on countless national brand spots and campaigns. Along with partner Elizabeth Rivera-Bootzin, Dan is working on several projects through their production company, Los Feliz Films. They completed a package of humorous commercials in New Mexico, and are in a production on a documentary project entitled "Sympathy for the Undertaker", a look at Elizabeth's experience growing up in a small-town funeral home. They have also partnered with producer & co-creator Ric Torres II in the development of a television sitcom project ("Son Of A Judge!") about the comedic misadventures of a hot shot lawyer forced to move back home with his domineering retired judge father.