DAN RIESSER
FILMMAKER | POST PRODUCER
ABOUT ME
I'm a writer / director, Emmy nominated TV producer, post production producer / supervisor, and father of three in Los Angeles, CA. I have produced features, shorts, sketch comedy, music videos, branded content and more. As a post supervisor I've delivered TV shows to Netflix, FX, Hulu, Disney+, NBC-Universal, CBS-Viacom, PBS and more.My debut feature film STOMPING GROUND premiered at Dances With Films in 2014 and won the Soul of Southern Film Special Jury Prize at the 2014 Indie Memphis Film Festival. It was released worldwide by Brinkvision in 2016.In 2014 I received a Creative Arts Emmy nomination for my directing and producing work on E! Entertainment's THE SOUP.I am currently the Post Producer on the award-winning docuseries WELCOME TO WREXHAM on FX/Hulu/Disney+.I am originally from North Carolina.
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FEATURE FILM
COMEDY / HORROR
80 MinutesA young couple's relationship is put to the test during a weekend Bigfoot hunt in the backwoods of North Carolina.WINNER: The Soul of Southern Film Special Jury Prize
Indie Memphis 2014
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SHORT FILM
DRAMA / HORROR
8 MinutesWINNER: Best Director
Oregon Screams Film Festival 2022
SHORT FILM
HORROR / COMEDY
19 MinutesWINNER: Best FX
Thriller Chiller Film Festival 2011
More Short FilmsT IS FOR TICKLES - 4 min - Drafthouse's ABCs of Death Competition - 2011PILLOW TALK - 7 min - Film Shortage - 2017DOWNSIZED - 16 min - Sacramento Horror Film Festival - 2008
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COMEDY SKETCH
8 MinutesTHE JOEL MCHALE SHOW WITH JOEL MCHALE
Netflix - 2018
COMEDY SKETCH
2 MinutesTHE SOUP - E! Entertainment - 2014
Creative Arts Emmy Nominee
More Sketch Comedy & Web VideoMINI BLACK MIRROR "JERRY'S END" - THE JOEL MCHALE SHOW - Netflix - 2018MINI BLACK MIRROR "SWEPT AWAY" - THE JOEL MCHALE SHOW - Netflix - 2018COMEDIANS IN CARS GETTING COCAINE - THE SOUP - E! Entertainment - 2015SOUP OF THE WALKING DEAD - THE SOUP - E! Entertainment - 2012KING OF YOUTUBE - CHANNEL 101 - 2015-2016
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MUSIC VIDEO
4 Minutes - 2023
SBam Records
MUSIC VIDEO
3 Minutes - 2016
Fat Wreck Chords
More Music VideosVERSUS THE WORLD "Frank Sinatra"VERSUS THE WORLD "Going Out for Smokes"MURDERLAND "Splitsville"
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BRANDED CONTENT
7 Minutes
Doc-style FeaturetteCinematography by Ryan Walsh
Produced & Edited by Dan RiesserCLIENT: International Tactical Training Seminars
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Feature Film
ABOVE THE CLOUDS - Narrative Feature - Producer - Dir: Jon Hill - 2023THE STAN PROJECT - Documentary Feature - Producer - Dir: Ryan Walsh - 2023DR. BRINKS & DR. BRINKS - Narrative Feature - Producer - Dir: Josh Crockett - 2018STOMPING GROUND - Narrative Feature - Director / Co-Writer / EP - 2016THIS IS MARTIN BONNER - Narrative Feature - 2nd Unit Director - Dir: Chad Hartigan - 2013
WINNER "Best of NEXT" - Sundance Film Festival - 2013
Television
THE JOEL MCHALE SHOW - Netflix - Segment Director & Post Supervisor - S1 - 2018DUB WARS - E! Entertainment - Pitch Presentation - Co-Executive Producer - 2021THE SOUP - Segment Director & Producer - 400+ Episodes - 2005-2015
Creative Arts Emmy Nomination - "True Detective" - 2014
Post
WELCOME TO WREXHAM - FX/Hulu/Disney - Post Producer - S2-S5 - 2023-2026
PGA Award Winner "Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television" - 2024FLOOR IS LAVA - Netflix - Post Supervisor - S2 - 2022AMERICAN GANGSTER: TRAP QUEENS - BET/Viacom - Post Supervisor - S1-S3 - 2019-2022AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR JR. - Universal Kids - Post Supervisor - 2018-2020NORM MACDONALD HAS A SHOW - Netflix - Post Supervisor - S1 - 2018BEATRIZ AT DINNER - Narrative Feature - Post Supervisor - Dir: Miguel Arteta - 2017MASTER OF DARK SHADOWS - Documentary Feature - Co-Editor - Dir: David Gregory - 2017
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