FILM & TELEVISION
TOUGH LUCK (In Development with Accent Aigu) – 2026
Writer/Co-Creator
ABBY IN PROGRESS (In Development with Blink 49) – 2026
Writer/Co-Creator
RUBY AND THE WELL (Series) – 2021-2022
Writer and Story Editor | Season 1 | Shaftesbury
STATUS (Series Concept) – 2021
Writer/Creator | Concept and bible | CBC – Covid Relief Fund
MURDOCH MYSTERIES (Series) – 2017-2020
Writer and Co-Producer | Seasons 11-13 | Shaftesbury
BLOOD AND WATER (Series) – 2015-2018
Co-Creator, Writer, and Executive Producer | Seasons 1-3 | Breakthrough Entertainment
2017 Canadian Screen Award Nomination for Best Dramatic Series
CARDWELL RANCH (Series Pilot) – 2016
Writer, based on the novel by B.J. Daniels | Pilot | Breakthrough Entertainment
A WIFE’S NIGHTMARE (MOW) – 2014
Writer | Sepia Films/Lifetime
DEATH RATTLE (Feature Script) – 2013
Writer | Brainstorm Media
EDUCATION
CANADIAN FILM CENTRE – 2012
Prime Time Television Program
NATIONAL SCREEN INSTITUTE – 2010
Totally TV Program
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY – 2001-2005
BA in Creative Writing with a concentration in Playwriting
Dan hails from Toronto, Ontario, the hockey heartbreak capital of the world. He graduated from Concordia’s Creative Writing Program with a concentration in Playwriting. He is also a graduate of the National Screen Institute’s Totally Television Program, as well as the Canadian Film Centre’s Bell Media Prime TV Program.
Some of his credits include working as co-producer and staff writer on Murdoch Mysteries, Shaftesbury’s hit series on CBC, as well as executive producer and co-creator of Blood & Water, a multicultural crime drama for Breakthrough Entertainment and Rogers. The show received a Canadian Screen Award nomination in 2018 for Best Dramatic Series. Dan currently has series in development with Blink49 Studios and Accent Aigu Entertainment.
