In 2004, Dan Crane moved from New York to Los Angeles to work with Morgan Neville (Tremolo Productions) doing film-to-digital transfers, production audio, and composing music for several of Neville’s projects including Oscar winner, 20 Feet from Stardom.
After working as a freelance journalist for many years (The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Elle, etc.), in 2019, Crane began working as a writer, producer and story consultant alongside directors such as Frank Marshall, Matt Tyrnauer, and Tamara Kotevska. He’s worked on films with production companies such as Kennedy/Marshall Documentaries, Wavelength Productions, Participant, Grain Media, Radical Media, Uninterrupted/Spring Hill, and One Planet One Future.
His directorial debut, Let Me Be Me, was nominated for an Emmy in 2023 and RATHER, a documentary about the life of journalist Dan Rather is currently streaming on Netflix (US).
Latest Films
2024 – Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid! – Story Producer
Altimeter Films, directed by Matt Tyrnauer.
Premiered Telluride, 2024; Acquired by CNN Films
2023 – Nobu – Story Producer
Altimeter Films, directed by Matt Tyrnauer.
Premiered Telluride, 2024
2024 – Rather – Writer
Wavelength Productions/Kennedy Marshall Productions. Feature doc directed by Frank Marshall about the life of journalist Dan Rather.
Premiered June 2023, Tribeca Film Festival; Streaming on Netflix (US)
2024 – FTX: The Rise & Fall of Sam Bankman Fried – Story Producer
Altimeter Films, directed by Matt Tyrnauer.
In post-production
2024 – Randy Newman: Words & Music – Story Consultant
Sony Pictures Classics / AllDayEveryDay, directed by Brian Bennett.
In post-production
2024 – The Lost Children – Story Consultant
Netflix / Grain Media, directed by Orlando von Einsiedel.
In post-production
2023 – The Walk – Story Consultant
Participant, Grain Media, directed by Tamara Kotevska.
Premiered Nov 2023, DOCNYC
2023 – Ron Delsener Presents – Story Consultant
Radical Media, directed by Jake Sumner.
Premiered June 2023, Tribeca Film Festival
2022 – The End of the World – Producer
Altimeter Films, directed by Matt Tyrnauer.
Showtime, date TBD.
2022 – Fate of a Sport – Writer
Uninterrupted/The Spring Hill Co, Time & Room, Tolmach Productions.
Premiered 2022 @ Tribeca, aired on ESPN, ESPN+, ABC, Hulu
2021 – Let Me Be Me – Writer/Director
Wavelength Productions.
Premiered at DOCNYC November 2021, distributed by Greenwich Entertainment. Nominated for 2023 Arts & Culture Documentary Emmy
2021 – One Planet One Future – Writer
One Planet One Future foundation, Directed by Anne deCarbuccia.