Michael D'Anna explained

Michael D'Anna
Birth Date:	16 February 1972
Birth Place:	Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Occupation:	Film director, writer, editor

Michael D'Anna (born February 16, 1972, Nashville, Tennessee, United States) is an American film director, best known for his work in horror films.

Biography

D'Anna began his filmmaking career in the early 1990s editing commercials and documentaries for clients throughout the southeastern United States. He then made the move into documentary filmmaking in 1998 with the television series Religions of the World, hosted by Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley.

A lifelong devotee of the horror film genre, he made his feature directorial debut in 2007 with the Lionsgate release Side Sho, taking home the award for Best Feature Film at the 2007 Terror Film Festival.^[1]

As of 2011, D'Anna teaches directing and documentary filmmaking at the Nashville Film Institute^[2] in Franklin, Tennessee. He is also a dealer & collector of rare movie posters and memorabilia, with one of the largest collections in the southeastern United States.

Filmography

Religions of the World (1998) – Director, film editor
The Shelter (2005 film) – Editor
Side Sho (2007) – Director, editor
Chainsaw Cheerleaders (2009) – Editor
Dogheads (2010) – Director, writer
Dark as a Dungeon (2011) – Director, writer

Notes and References

Web site: TERROR FILM FESTIVAL - the Claw Awards . 2010-02-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100206041605/http://terrorfilmfestival.net/_wsn/page6.html . February 6, 2010 . mdy-all .
Web site: The Nashville Film Institute . 2010-02-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090615064237/http://thenfi.com/faculty.html . June 15, 2009 . mdy-all .