Today we’d like to introduce you to Dan Milam.
Thanks for sharing your story with us Dan. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
I got started in entertainment when I was super young. My mom had worked in the Washington D.C. theater scene for years and got my sisters and I auditioning early on. Acting Lead me to pursue more musical pursuits and I found myself playing in various pop-punk and post-hardcore bands for a number of years. Being in bands and filming music videos got me itching to be in front of a camera more and more, and eventually I started writing scripts with a buddy and shot a few shorts with him, and at his behest, I moved out to Los Angeles to make the acting dream a reality.
Has it been a smooth road?
I wouldn’t say it’s been the smoothest road, but certainly not the roughest either. I think the hardest thing after moving out to Los Angeles was getting tangible advice for where to begin with an acting career, and once I got that being able to sort through all the bad advice that was given to me. I definitely wasted a lot more time than I would have liked doing the wrong things and following the wrong leads. But it is all part of the journey and has allowed me to grow.
We’d love to hear more about your work and what you are currently focused on. What else should we know?
I am an actor. It’s as simple as that. I play pretend and make things up, and hopefully people like what I do. I would say I specialize in snarky cynicism if that is indeed something one can specialize in. I also write and have a few screenplays in the works and a few in the can. I would say I am most proud of my ability to adapt and do what needs to be done. I just want to be on set and get the shot, and whatever it takes to get what my director needs I am ready to do. I think the thing that sets me apart from others is having a BFA in animation. With the exception of Seth Macfarlane, and Trey Parker and Matt Stone, I can’t think of many actors who have gone from a career in Animating to Live Action. That “Animators mind” is something that I think helps in understanding composition and storytelling and keeping things dynamic.
How do you think the industry will change over the next decade?
I see the industry shifting to even smaller and more digital sets. There is some amazing digital filmmaking and world-building coming from ILM, Disney, Jon Favreau and his team on The Mandalorian. There is a melding of Video Game technology in order to build out worlds and smaller practical sets and it is all done in real-time, on set, on the day. So I think that film sets will get smaller, while the scope of the films will get bigger.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.danmilam.com
- Phone: (310) 907-5735
- Email: [email protected]
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danmilam/
- Other: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5740075/
- Representation: Kreativ Artists | Brent Paxton [email protected] | (
310) 907-5735
Image Credit:
Jonny Marlow, Alexander Vanstone, Andrew Magpoc
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