Dan Ireland

Dan Ireland
Born
Daniel Frederick Ireland

May 11, 1949
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
DiedApril 14, 2016(2016-04-14) (aged 66)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Director
  • producer
Known forCo-founder of the Seattle International Film Festival

Daniel Frederick Ireland (May 11, 1949 – April 14, 2016) was an American-Canadian film producer and director.[1][2][3] He was the co-founder of the Seattle International Film Festival.[4] Ireland began executive-producing films for Vestron Pictures in the 1980s, his first being John Huston's final feature, The Dead (1987). He also executive-produced multiple films by director Ken Russell, such as Salome's Last Dance (1987), The Lair of the White Worm (1988), The Rainbow (1989), and Whore (1991).

He made his feature film directorial debut with the drama The Whole Wide World (1996), followed by The Velocity of Gary (1998) and Jolene (2006).

  1. ^ "Dan Ireland, 'Jolene,' 'The Whole Wide World' Director, Dies at 57". TheWrap. Archived from the original on October 4, 2022.
  2. ^ Nyback, Dennis (March 5, 2018). "History in the Age of the Internet: Setting the Record Straight on Dan Ireland". The Seattle Star. Archived from the original on January 1, 2023.
  3. ^ Tehrani, Bijan (July 5, 2012). "What Darryl Macdonald has done in Palm Springs is mind blowing. Am I surprised? Hell no…" — Dan Ireland". Cinema Without Borders. Archived from the original on March 4, 2017.
  4. ^ Caldbick, John (May 1, 2012). "First Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) opens at Moore Egyptian Theatre on May 14, 1976". HistoryLink. Archived from the original on January 1, 2023.