Dan Thorens

Director | Screenwriter | Producer at CW1 films (clockwise 1 prods)
Director, Actor, Producer and Screenwriter

Brussels, Belgium

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August 2012

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About Dan

A self made Canadian-Swiss Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Producer and Actor. CEO/ Founder of CW1 Films ()Now based in Brussels, a city full of surprises.

After acting professionally in France and the US, Dan produced, directed a host of shorts films and hosted two documentary series pilots in English, both shot in France. A humanitarian short film he shot in Haiti to help fund a street children association became the inspiration for his feature film "Bloodtype", an original thriller on organ trafficking that found funding ($4M) last year through the Belgian tax shelter system. Covid postponed the shoot.

Dan (co)wrote 6 diverse feature films, from personal inner journeys to fighting your way across the land of the un-dead.Two of them are currently being financed through a mix of European subsidies and US equity.

The original multi cultural stories are a balance of "message" and "entertainment", address the importance of diversity in cast and very likely to find an international audience.

Fluent in French. Dan S

Unique traits: Born with the gift of surrounding himself with gifted people.

Gender:
Male

Height:
6' 3"

Hair color:
Brown

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Watch a GAMER's journey in the world of illegal ORGAN TRAFFICKING !

Loglines

Leon'e'some Love (working title) Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama ⋄ Comedy "An unlikely team of film industry misfits bands together to turn an ex-Mexican drug lord turned filmmaker's dreadful script into an extraordinary homage to Sergio Leone, highlighting the amazing resilient spirit of independent filmmaking."
SWISS MADE (return of the son) Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama A cynical New York writer goes back to his Swiss village for an inheritance after his despised father dies but his interactions with the locals and haunting nightmares lead him to an unforeseen redemption that compels him against his own will, to become a better person.
THE WOMAN FROM VARNA Budget: $1M - $5M | Independent ⋄ Horror A Eurasian model with martial arts skills and a charismatic vampire from the 15th century are linked by a family bond as he seeks to reclaim an ancient amulet in her possession, the key to his ultimate destruction.
"28" - EAST meets WEST modern day tale Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance ⋄ Independent A clash of cultures and a hidden family secret ignite an unexpected romance between a Chinese teacher and a wealthy Jewish student on a transformative business trip from New York back to her rural hometown in China.
VY-INC - the Brussels Agency Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller ⋄ Independent 2032. Unaware of the perilous consequences for both clients and her own fragile psyche, a young woman unwittingly plunges into a treacherous environment when she lands a job at an agency specializing in tailor-made VR experiences.
Bloodtype Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller Erik’s slacker lifestyle is turned upside down when he discovers his wealthy company's charity work enables organ traffickers.