Dan McNamara

Dan McNamara (born August 24, 1984) is an American artist and comedian who works mostly with video and special effects.

McNamara's first TV Pilot, The Calderons, was released in 2006 and screened as an official selection at that year's New York Television Festival.^[1] His second pilot, Redeeming Rainbow, was completed in July 2007. It was one of four finalists in Comedy Central's Test Pilots competition,^[2] and like The Calderons it was also named a New York Television Festival finalist.^[3] Noted actress and comedian Kristen Schaal has featured roles in both The Calderons and Redeeming Rainbow.

In 2008, McNamara created the animated comedy webseries Amazing the Lion for the Independent Comedy Network, featuring the voice acting of Kurt Braunohler, Jordan Carlos, and Seth Herzog.^[4] 2009 saw Dan return to the New York Television Festival with Lost Cities, a mockumentary-style travel pilot focusing on a semi-fictitious version of Jersey City, New Jersey,^[5] where Dan resides in real life.

McNamara created the popular webseries The Bear, The Cloud, and God in 2009, and continues to release new episodes regularly. Like Amazing the Lion, The Bear, The Cloud, and God is an animated comedy show that stylistically resembles children's television programming. The Bear, The Cloud, and God has been featured on G4's Attack of the Show!^[6] and on Comcast On Demand. In 2010, a compilation of episodes of The Bear, The Cloud, and God gave McNamara his fourth New York Television Festival selection in five years.^[7]

McNamara is a member of the comedy group The Upset Triangle, which performs semi-regularly at The People's Improv Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan.

References

1. ^ 2006 NYTVF press release and pilots listing
2. ^ Redeeming Rainbow as Test Pilots finalist at Atomfilms.com
3. ^ 2007 NYTVF official selections
4. ^ "Amazing the Lion Episodes 1-5 Credits". http://upset-triangle.com/blog/2008/09/amazing-lion-episodes-1-5-credits.html. 
5. ^ 2009 NYTVF official selections
6. ^ "The Bear, The Cloud, and God on Attack of the Show!". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyXaWFSj6o4. 
7. ^ 2010 NYTVF official selections

External links

• Dan McNamara at the Internet Movie Database
• Official site for Lost Cities
• Official site for Redeeming Rainbow
• Official site for The Calderons
• The Upset Triangle

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