Dan Ireland
(Director / Producer)
Dan Ireland began his career in 1975 as the co-founder/co-director of The Seattle
International Film Festival where he was instrumental in helping launch the American careers of director Paul Verhoeven (BASIC INSTINCT,
TOTAL RECALL,
ROBOCOP), and actors Rutger Hauer (BLADE RUNNER) and Jeroen Krabbe
(THE FOURTH MAN, THE FUGITIVE).
In the 1980's, Ireland was the Owner/Operator of The Egyptian Theatre, the most successful
independent theatre in the state of Washington. This theatre is still home to The
Seattle International Film Festival, and holds the record for attendance and box-office grosses in the city of Seattle.
Ireland was Executive Producer of 15 films including John Huston's final film THE
DEAD (two Oscar nominations), Bernard Rose(CANDYMAN, IMMORTAL BELOVED)'s feature
debut PAPERHOUSE and
Ken Russell's THE RAINBOW and THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM.
In 1993, Ireland moved to Senior Vice President of Production for Cineville, Inc.,
the ambitious new company responsible for producing the successful independent motion pictures DELUSION, GAS FOOD LODGING and MI
VIDA LOCA.
For the past four years, Ireland worked with writer Michael Scott Myers, co-producer
Benjamin Mouton, and actor/producer Vincent D'Onofrio in developing the screenplay for THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. Since this collaboration,
Ireland and D'Onofrio have formed a production company and plan to produce each others directorial
projects. Their next project together will be WEAPONSVILLE, a satarical comedy which Ireland and D'Onofrio wil produce for director Tom de Cerchio (NUNZIO'S SECOND COUSIN). D'Onofrio will also star. Ireland's next project as director will be the romantic comedy MONA, to be filmed in early
January.
Last Modified 12-December-1996
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