Dan Maurer

Author, Screenwriter and Theatre Director

Robbinsville, New Jersey

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About Dan

Dan Maurer is a screenwriter, author, and theatre director who writes grounded, character-driven thrillers and dramas. His voice has been called cinematic, authentic, layered. He's a writer who likes to explore the secrets beneath the surface. What's more, his many years of experience working in the publishing industry at both Doubleday and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt have proven to be an asset when adapting novels and long-form non-fiction. His screenplay SNOWBLIND was an Austin Film Festival Finalist and a Page Awards Semi-Finalist.

WRITING INFLUENCES:

FILM: Tony Gilroy, Frank Darabont, Steven Zaillian, Akiva Goldsman, Lawrence Kasdan.

FICTION: Stephen King, Harper Lee, William Golding, Dennis Lehane, Michael Crichton.

Gender:
Male

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SNOWBLIND Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller A journalist, haunted by repressed memories, investigates a murder that may explain the mystery surrounding his traumatic childhood, but he quickly discovers he shares a decades old secret with a killer eager to bury the past. “Mystic River” meets “Memento” in this psychological thriller about one man’s search for the truth. Austin Film Festival Finalist. Page Awards Semi-Finalist. Representation: Heroes and Villains Entertainment