Dan Sallitt
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 27 July 1955 · Pennsylvania, USA
Dan Sallitt is an American critic, screenwriter and film director known for his microbudget filmmaking and "cinephile" film criticism. Born on 27 July 1955 in Pennsylvania, Sallitt moved to Los Angeles in 1976 where he became first-string film critic of the Los Angeles Reader from 1983 to 1985. He has written film criticism for many outlets, including Slate, the Chicago Reader, MUBI.com, Masters of Cinema, and the Toronto Film Festival. He maintains the film blog Thanks for the Use of the Hall.
Known for
Writing 8
- 2026What Can't Be Mentioned · writer
- 2021The Hardest Working Cat in Showbiz · screenplay
- 2019Caterina · writer
- 2019Fourteen · writer
- 2012The Unspeakable Act · writer
- 2004All the Ships at Sea · writer
- 1998Honeymoon · writer
- 1986Polly Perverse Strikes Again! · writer
Editing 5
- 2026What Can't Be Mentioned · editor
- 2019Caterina · editor
- 2019Fourteen · editor
- 2012The Unspeakable Act · editor
- 2004All the Ships at Sea · editor
Directing 7
- 2026What Can't Be Mentioned · director
- 2019Caterina · director
- 2019Fourteen · director
- 2012The Unspeakable Act · director
- 2004All the Ships at Sea · director
- 1998Honeymoon · director
- 1986Polly Perverse Strikes Again! · director
crew 3
- 2024This Closeness · thanks
- 2017Be My Baby · creative consultant
- 2013Ghost Phone · creative consultant
Acting 7
- 2021Red Giant as Therapist
- 2021The Hardest Working Cat in Showbiz as Self (voice)
- 2018Notes on an Appearance
- 2016Hermia & Helena as Horace
- 2013On Red River
- 2013Dan Sallitt as Self
- 1998Honeymoon as Mark