DAN RIESSER
FILMMAKER | POST PRODUCER
DIRECTING REEL
5 min - 2025
NEW REEL COMING SOON
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FEATURE FILM
Comedy / Horror - 80 min - 2016
WINNER "The Soul of Southern Film" Special Jury Prize
Indie Memphis Film Festival (2014)
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SHORT FILM
Drama / Horror - 8 min - 2022
WINNER "Best Director" - Oregon Screams FF (2022)
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More Short FilmsNIGHT OF THE PUNKS - 19 min - Screamfest - 2010T IS FOR TICKLES - 4 min - Drafthouse's ABCs of Death Competition - 2011PILLOW TALK - 7 min - Film Shortage - 2017DOWNSIZED - 16 min - Sacramento Horror FF - 2008
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SKETCH COMEDY
8 min - 2018
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale - Netflix
Director & Post Supervisor
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More Sketch Comedy & Web VideoTRUE DETECTIVE - THE SOUP - E! Entertainment - 2014MINI BLACK MIRROR "JERRY'S END" - JOEL MCHALE SHOW - Netflix - 2018MINI BLACK MIRROR "SWEPT AWAY" - 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 min - 2023
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More Music VideosVERSUS THE WORLD "Frank Sinatra"VERSUS THE WORLD "Going Out for Smokes"DIRECT HIT! "Paid in Brains"MURDERLAND "Splitsville"
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BRANDED
Doc-style Featurette - 7 min - 2026
CLIENT: International Tactical Training Seminars
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About Me
I'm a writer/director, Emmy-nominated TV producer, post production producer/supervisor, and father of three in Los Angeles. My first feature film STOMPING GROUND was released in 2016. In 2014 I received a Creative Arts Emmy nomination for my directing & producing work on E!'s THE SOUP. I'm originally from North Carolina.
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 - 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 - Dir: Miguel Arteta - Post Supervisor - 2017MASTER OF DARK SHADOWS - Documentary Feature - Dir: David Gregory - Co-Editor - 2017
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