Dana Yurcisin

Yurcisin began his filmmaking career with skateboarding. He is a self-taught editor and used skateboarding footage of friends to hone his skills. He entered Rowan University in the fall of 2007 with an interest in video production, but no specific direction. Shortly after his freshmen year, he began making narrative movies with fellow student and roommate, Daniel Attamante. In his junior year, he created "The Adventures of Squirrel Man" with roommates John Bradley and Kevin McTigue (written by McTigue and directed by Bradley and McTigue.) The eight part mini-series aired on the Rowan Television Network and went on to win a Silver Telly Award, the highest honor the Tellys have to offer. In 2011, Yurcisin re-teamed with Attamante and made the short film, "Dog", for the Campus MovieFest competition. The film was a campus finalist, an AT&T Rethink Possible semi-finalist, nominated for a Golden Tripod Award for cinematography, and won the AT&T Wild Card Award, earning it a spot at the International Grand Finale in Hollywood in June 2011.