Dan Sallitt

Directing

Dan Sallitt

Born
(age 71)
Birthplace
Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
16 titles

Biography

Dan Sallitt is an American critic, screenwriter and film director known for his microbudget filmmaking and "cinephile" film criticism.

Born on 27 July 1955 in Pennsylvania, Sallitt moved to Los Angeles in 1976 where he became first-string film critic of the Los Angeles Reader from 1983 to 1985. He has written film criticism for many outlets, including Slate, the Chicago Reader, MUBI.com, Masters of Cinema, and the Toronto Film Festival. He maintains the film blog Thanks for the Use of the Hall.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 7

YearTitleRole
2021 Red Giant Film Therapist
2021 The Hardest Working Cat in Showbiz Film Self (voice)
2018 Notes on an Appearance Film
2016 Hermia & Helena Film Horace
2013 On Red River Film
2013 Dan Sallitt Film Self
1998 Honeymoon Film Mark

Crew credits 11

YearTitleJob
2026 What Can't Be Mentioned Film Director, Writer, Editor
2024 This Closeness Film Thanks
2021 The Hardest Working Cat in Showbiz Film Screenplay
2019 Caterina Film Editor, Writer, Director
2019 Fourteen Film Editor, Director, Writer
2017 Be My Baby Film Creative Consultant
2013 Ghost Phone Film Creative Consultant
2013 The Unspeakable Act Film Director, Editor, Writer
2004 All the Ships at Sea Film Director, Editor, Writer
1998 Honeymoon Film Director, Writer
1986 Polly Perverse Strikes Again! Film Director, Writer
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