Daniel William Bigel (born June 30, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American film producer (CEO and founder of Bigel Entertainment)[1] who has produced 10 films to date including Loverboy directed by and starring Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, Empire starring John Leguizamo and Peter Sarsgaard and Harvard Man written and directed by James Toback and starring, in his first major film production, Adrien Grenier of Entourage fame. Bigel also co-founded Broadway South, LLC, a company dedicated to rebuilding downtown New Orleans through the creation of a "live entertainment" theater district along Canal Street.[2]