Dan Messina

917-502-9848
dmessina79@yahoo.com

TELEVISION EXPERIENCE

Homicide Hunter Investigation Discovery 8 episodes 2012-2014
Editor (8 eps) and Producer (1 ep) Jupiter Entertainment
o Razors Edge (aired 12/17/13) set ratings record for series with 1.4 million viewers
The First 48 A&E Network 5 episodes 2010-2014
Editor ITV Studios (formerly Granada America)
Cold Hard Catch TruTV pilot episode 2013
Editor Jupiter Entertainment
Something Wicked Biography Channel pilot episode 2012-2013
Editor Jupiter Entertainment
Scorned Investigation Discovery 2 episodes 2012
Editor Optomen Productions
American Weed National Geographic Channel 2012
Editor National Geographic Television
After The First 48 A&E Network 3 episodes 2010-2011
Editor ITV Studios (formerly Granada America)
o Loose Ends (aired 1/12/12) set ratings record for series with 2.3 million viewers
The First 48 A&E Network 8 episodes 2008-2009
Assistant Editor ITV Studios (formerly Granada America)
Mystery Diagnosis Discovery Health Channel 16 episodes 2007
Story Producer True Entertainment
o Researched stories and wrote treatments for shows
Mystery Diagnosis Discovery Health Channel 2 episodes 2007
Associate Producer True Entertainment
Whose Wedding I s I t Anyway? Style Network 5 episodes 2006
Associate Producer True Entertainment


DOCUMENTARY EXPERIENCE

United Nations Womens Caucus for Art Multimedia Exhibition 2014
Co-director, editor, camera

A Final Q&A with Pete Seeger In These Times 2014
Co-Director, editor, camera

The Other Parade RTE (Irelands national television station) -- 2011
Director, DP, and Editor
Follows LGBT activist, Brendan Fay as he organizes the St. Pats for All Parade in Sunnyside, Queens.
o Purchased by RTE, (broadcast 3/15/11

Taking A Chance On God Documentary (60 min) 2011
Editor, DP, and Co-Writer Silence to Speech Films (Dir. Brendan Fay)
Chronicles the legacy of LGBT activist and scholar John McNeill.
o Screened at over 30 festivals worldwide including Frameline and Europride.


EDUCATION

M.A. in Humanities (focus in music theory), University of Chicago, 2002
B.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts and Humanities, Michigan State University, 2001