Dan Van Duyn
In a post apocalyptic world, one man would create a machine that would destroy the summit of a humanity's fears and dreams, and that would be THE ROBOT THAT---oh wait, I am getting ahead of myself.
Dan Van Duyn was born the youngest of four children to a rural family 20 miles east of Indianapolis. Early in his childhood he took to reading and writing, enjoying stories of all types. At this young age he met WJ on a school bound bus one morning, and they became fast and enduring friends.
Throughout the later years of Middle and High school, WJ and Dan's similar interests and attitudes in life helped them form a creative and comedic bond, which only cemented their friendship further. They would make up ad-lib short stories, seeing who could outdo one another in outlandishness of plot device and inventiveness of plot turns. High school saw this creative tension develop into skit comedy in drama class, both in improvisational comedy and comedic vignettes, as well as the epic story "Mad Tiff: Beyond Hoosier Dome" (althought honestly WJ created virtually all of the plot content).
During the college years, Dan and WJ split briefly to explore their separate paths. Dan worked toward a degree in education as well as in world history. During off times, Dan would try his hand at writing narrative prose in the form of adventure short stories.
After graduating with a BA in Secondary Education, Dan grew frustrated with the politics of teaching, and decided to strike at a more creative career path. Luckily for Dan, WJ has started the beginnings of a truly great writing partnership, Writers of the Storm. In this partnership WJ has given Dan the opportunity to join this incredibly talented ring of individuals to produce some of the most original and high quality material the film industry has yet to see.
