Dan Bush

Dan Bush is an American film director and screenwriter best known for The Signal (2007), which he co-directed and co-wrote with Jacob Gentry and David Bruckner.

Dan Bush
Born1971/1972 (age 48–49)[1]
OccupationFilm director and screenwriter
Known forThe Signal

Early life

Bush attended the University of South Carolina and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2]

Career

With Jacob Gentry and David Bruckner, he co-wrote and co-directed The Signal, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The three had worked together previously in various projects in Atlanta.[2] Bush collaborated with Ben Lovett, who scored The Signal, in the short film Ghost of Old Highways, which won Best Music and Best Cinematography at the Charlotte Film Festival.[3] Bilge Ebiri of New York wrote that his short film A Day in the Life (2006) is "one of the coolest short films we’ve seen in recent years".[4] The Reconstruction of William Zero premiered at the Fantasia Festival on July 20, 2014.[5] In January 2014, Screen Daily reported that The Trust was to begin pre-production in April 2014.[6]

Awards and nominations

In 2008, Bush was nominated for the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award along with Bruckner and Gentry for The Signal.[7]

Filmography
FilmYearDirectorProducerWriterEditorNotes
Gil's Choice1998YesNoYesNo
A Day in the Life2006YesNoYesYesshort film
The Signal2007YesNoYesYessegment "Escape from Terminus"
FightFuckPray2008YesNoYesNo
The Blood Bond2010NoNoYesNo
Ghost of Old Highways2012YesNoYesYesshort film
The Reconstruction of William Zero2014YesYesYesNo
Don Peyote2014NoexecutiveNoYes
The Vault2017YesNoYesYes
gollark: What's a MCHF?
gollark: I²*S*, and maybe, but probably don't do it too often without good filters.
gollark: Apparently the "RMT" (remote control interface) thing it has might be helpful: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/api-reference/peripherals/rmt.html
gollark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSiRkpgwVKY (with an ESP8266 though).
gollark: I think I read that the ESP32's I²S hardware could do something vaguely PWM-like up to 80MHz.

References
  1. Addiego, Walter (2008-02-17). "Three directors behind horror film 'Signal'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  2. Guerrasio, Jason (2007-01-24). "Dan Bush, David Bruckner, and Jacob Gentry, The Signal". Filmmaker. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  3. Frazier, Adam (2012-03-19). "Charlotte Film Festival Preview: Ghost of Old Highways". Creative Loafing. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  4. Ebiri, Bilge (2008-02-28). "See 'The Signal' Director Dan Bush's Beatles-Inspired Short Film". New York. Retrieved 2014-08-14 – via Vulture.com.
  5. Jagernauth, Kevin (2014-07-14). "Fantasia Exclusive: Watch The Trailer For Sci-Fi Thriller 'Reconstruction Of William Zero' With Conal Byrne & Amy Seimetz". Indiewire. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  6. Kay, Jeremy (2014-01-27). "Content enters The Trust". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  7. Maxwell, Erin (2008-10-02). "Spirit Award nominees announced". Variety. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
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