Dan McNamara

Dan McNamara
Born (1984-08-24) August 24, 1984
Medium Sketch comedy, Television
Nationality American
Years active 2006–present
Genres Absurdism, Satire
Website danmcnamara.com

Dan McNamara (born August 24, 1984) is an American artist and comedian who works primarily with video and special effects. McNamara's works include the animated web series The Bear, The Cloud, and God, which appeared on Comedy Central, G4 TV, and Channel Frederator. Four of his projects have been screened at the New York Television Festival, including Redeeming Rainbow, featuring performances by Kristen Schaal and Ellie Kemper.

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 web series 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 resided in real life.

McNamara created the popular web series The Bear, The Cloud, and God in 2009. 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 TV'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 was a member of the comedy group The Upset Triangle, which performed semi-regularly at The People's Improv Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan. He currently works as a motion graphics artist at Complex on Hot Ones.

In 2018, McNamara fundraised and created the web series Wish Weasel[8] and was featured in Tubefilter's Fund This.[9] Wish Weasel takes place in Astoria, Queens.

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".
  5. ↑ 2009 NYTVF official selections
  6. ↑ "The Bear, The Cloud, and God on Attack of the Show!".
  7. ↑ 2010 NYTVF official selections
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ "Fund This: 'Wish Weasel' Blends Puppetry With Sci-Fi;".


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