| Dan Mirvish | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | US |
| Other names | Martin Eisenstadt |
| Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis, USC |
| Occupation | filmmaker, author |
| Known for | Slamdance Film Festival, Eisenstadt hoax |
| Website | |
| http://www.danmirvish.com | |
Dan Mirvish is an American filmmaker and author, best known as the co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival[1][2] and co-creator of the Martin Eisenstadt hoax during the 2008 Presidential election.[3][4] In 2009, he co-authored the satirical novel I Am Martin Eisenstadt: One Man's (Wildly Inappropriate) Adventures with the Last Republicans published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN 978-0865479142.[5]
In 2004, Mirvish spearheaded the effort to get the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to reactivate their Best Original Musical Oscar category. In a controversial move, the Academy canceled the category after Mirvish and others submitted the requisite number of films, including two by Mirvish.[6]
Mirvish is widely credited as the discoverer of the Hathaway effect, which indicates that when actress Anne Hathaway is in the news, the share price for Warren Buffett's Berkshire-Hathaway increases.[7]
He was also a speechwriter for Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa.[8]
Mirvish's father, Dr. Sidney Mirvish, is a well-known cancer researcher at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.[9]