Background:
Rocket Scientist (yes, really)
Shark Safety Diver
Screenwriter
Profiled in the Spotlight section of SCREENTALK magazine. Vol 1, Issue 2.
Columnist for SCRIPT magazine, the leading source for information on the craft and business of writing for film and television for over 15 years.
http://www.scriptmag.com/features/columns/short-circuit-by-dan-goforth/
Oct 2013: Now working with a director to write a feature length screenplay from an optioned historical novel. Will be able to release more details once this assignment has been completed.
Feature length screenplay adaptation assignment for the sci-fi graphic novel, THE CHRONIC ARGONAUTS.
http://www.ChronicArgonauts.com
Screenwriting mentor for Sidewalk Film Festival Youth Board (2012 & 2013).
LA Screenwriting Expo - 2011 Best Short Screenplay
http://www.screenwritingexpo.com/
The LA Screenwriting Screenwriting Expo is the biggest, most comprehensive, and most prestigious educational and networking meeting of screenwriters in the world. It is produced by Creative Screenwriting Magazine, the world's most widely read and most respected movie and TV filmmaking magazine.
British Short Screenplay Competition (BSSC) - 2011 Runner-up
http://www.kaosfilms.co.uk/bssc
The British Short Screenplay Competition is the largest and most prestigious program in the world for the short screenplay format. The BSSC receives approximately 2,000 entries a year, and its judging panel for the final round consists of renown film professionals like Kenneth Branagh and Sir Alan Parker. The BSSC is one of the few competitions open to professionals for submissions.
Sidewalk Film Festival - 2010 Winner of the Sidewrite Award for Best Screenplay
http://www.sidewalkfest.com
Sidewalk Film Festival was named one of the ten best "film festivals for the rest of us" by TIME magazine, and MOVIE MAKER magazine called it one of the "Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals".
Sundance TRMS - 2011 Finalist
etc.
