Daniel Poliner

Writer/Director Daniel Poliner is a graduate of Wesleyan University and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He received his MFA in Dramatic Writing at Tisch and was awarded the department’s Graduate Achievement Award.

His film, Right Foot, Left Foot, was recently purchased by IFC and airs there regularly. It was awarded Best Short Film at the New Orleans Film Festival, Best Comedy and an Audience Award at Filmfest New Haven. It screened at the Chicago International, Silver Lake and Sidewalk Moving Picture Film Festivals and many other festivals across the country.

Dan Poliner lives in Brooklyn, New York.