Dan Crane is an Emmy-nominated documentary director, writer, producer and story producer with more than 20 years of experience in filmmaking and journalism.
Originally based in Los Angeles, he has lived in West Yorkshire since 2020, working on feature documentaries and series for Netflix, CNN, HBO/Max, Showtime, ESPN and theatrical r... Read More
Dan Crane is an Emmy-nominated documentary director, writer, producer and story producer with more than 20 years of experience in filmmaking and journalism.
Originally based in Los Angeles, he has lived in West Yorkshire since 2020, working on feature documentaries and series for Netflix, CNN, HBO/Max, Showtime, ESPN and theatrical release.
Most recently, he produced Tribeca 25 (Netflix, 2026), directed by Matt Tyrnauer, a documentary celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Tribeca Film Festival, featuring interviews with Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Bono, Whoopi Goldberg and others. He also recently produced a short film celebrating the legacy of independent production company Killer Films for the Oscars' Governors Awards.
Recent credits include Story Producer on the Emmy-nominated Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid (CNN/HBO Max) and Nobu, both directed by Matt Tyrnauer and premiering at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival. He was also Story Consultant on The Lost Children (Netflix), directed by Orlando von Einsiedel, and Writer on Rather (Netflix), a feature documentary about legendary American journalist Dan Rather, directed by Frank Marshall.
Crane's directorial debut, Let Me Be Me, was nominated for a 2023 Emmy for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary. Additional credits include FTX: The Rise & Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried, Randy Newman: Words & Music, Ron Delsener Presents, The Walk and Fate of a Sport.
Crane began his documentary career working with Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville at Tremolo Productions, contributing to several projects including Oscar winner 20 Feet from Stardom. He subsequently spent a decade as a freelance journalist, writing features for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, California Sunday, Slate and other publications, before returning to filmmaking in 2019.
Experienced across development, research, interviewing, scripting, story producing and edit producing, he has worked with leading US and UK production companies including Kennedy/Marshall, Wavelength, Participant, Grain Media, Radical Media and SpringHill.
Based in West Yorkshire, Crane is available for UK-based and international projects, including remote editorial and story-producing work.
Website: https://dancrane.com/docs/
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