Here’s a chance to get to know the Shapetown Directors.
Dan “The Man” Schmeltzer is a director / cinematographer who has lensed eighteen feature films, numerous commercials and music videos including work for MC Hammer, Kool Keith, Claude Von Stroke and J-Swift. He has also produced commercials for Ford, SBC/Pacific Bell, Volvo and South Korea. Most recently Dan won an outstanding director award in a comedy series at the LA Web Fest 2011 for his work on Me and My Old Man. He holds an MFA from Florida State Film Conservatory.
Check out his website: danschmeltzer.com
Nathan Marshall is an EMMY NOMINATED and TELLY AWARD WINNING director and screenwriter who grew up in Brooklyn, NY. After hosting the Award-winning PBS television series In The Mix as a teenager, Nathan graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University with a minor in documentary filmmaking, then moved to Washington DC to work for National Geographic Television’s ‘Remote Imaging Group,’ where he shot, field produced, and edited for programs including Crittercam Chronicles and National Geographic News. Moving to Los Angeles in 2002, Nathan completed a Master of Fine Arts in Film Production & Direction at UCLA’s prestigious School of Film and Television, and has since directed commercials, music videos, documentaries, short films and reality television for a range of companies including Showtime Network, Country Music Television, Current TV, GAC, MTV, TBWA/Chiat/Day, Renegade 88, Jewelry Television and numerous independent shingles. He has also been the recipient of awards, including the MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA AWARD, the HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARD and the INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE STUDIES FILM AND FICTION AWARD. In 2008, Nathan won the BEST DIRECTOR trophy at the Los Angeles Independent Television Festival for the original half-hour comedic pilot Mr. Jackson’s Neighborhood, and in 2009 he developed an original feature thriller for Newmarket Media (now FilmNation Entertainment) and licensed an original half-hour television pilot to CBS/Paramount in partnership with Hazy Mills Entertainment. In 2010, Nathan was nominated for an EMMY AWARD for his direction of a promo campaign for Jewelry Television, and the same campaign was the recipient of five TELLY AWARDS. Currently, Nathan is developing television shows, writing a screenplay for Sobini Films, and is attached to direct a one-camera TV pilot in Summer, 2011.
Check out his website: nathan-marshall.com