Dan Black

Education

MFA, Cinematic Arts, UW-Milwaukee, 2022

BFA, Film, UW-Milwaukee, 2016

Biography

Dan Black is a professional video editor and filmmaker. He completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Currently, he resides in Chicago, Illinois and edits a wide variety of different projects, ranging from short films, advertisements, social video, and documentaries. He has worked on multiple feature documentaries, like The Blood is at the Doorstep, Red, White & Wasted, and Sundance Spotlight film, Whirlybird.

Dan operates within non-fiction forms, both personal and public. He mixes appropriated images with his own, blurring the lines of authorship and challenging the hierarchy of images. Utilizing the endless media our society generates, his videos mimic and elucidate the contradictions of our material world. The videos are often direct responses to the immediate environment and attempts to exorcize the locations of their hidden meanings. His film Thy Name is Suffering has won multiple awards and his work has screened locally, nationally, and internationally.

Curriculum Vitae, CV (PDF)