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An accomplished filmmaker, broadcaster, comedian, and journalist Dan has had a varied career spanning television, radio and new media. |
An accomplished filmmaker, broadcaster, comedian, and journalist Dan has had a varied career spanning television, radio and new media. |
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Dan is Executive Producer of online entertainment production house Downwind Media. The viral video production company’s profile skyrocketed after Dan wrote and directed a clip satirising [[Tourism Australia]]’s [[So where the bloody hell are you?]] campaign in 2006.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=411ueiat2sY Where The F’n Hell Are You? Spoof]</ref>,<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/03/27/1143330976912.html Where The F’n Hell Are You?]</ref> Ever since then Dan has written, directed and performed in a number of highly successful viral video campaigns for progressive lobby group [[GetUp!]], including clips satirising [[Fuel Watch]], [[Climate Clever]] and a hugely popular sketch where he played [[Australian]] [[Guantanamo Bay]] detainee [[David Hicks]] on [[MTV Cribs]]. A sketch he wrote after meeting Maj.[[Michael Mori]] on a flight from LA to Sydney.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITOAPDESRUM David Hicks’ Cribs.]</ref> |
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During the 2007 Australian federal election Dan produced and directed satirical online video content for [[Fairfax Digital]], his impression of Sydney broadcaster [[Alan Jones]] <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PklD0blBnkI Fairfax Digital - Alan Jones Spoof]</ref>,<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE9RnMKhqRA Fairfax Digital – Alan Jones Spoof]</ref>,<ref>[http://media.drive.com.au/?rid=33652 Fairfax Digital – Alan Jones Spoof]</ref> poked fun at the election debates. Dan also produced and directed several clips of Australian comedy trio [[The Axis of Awesome]] fronted by his former [[Ronnie Johns]] colleague [[Jordan Raskopoulos]]. These clips were viral smash hits in the lead up the 2007 Election, and were played on every major news bulletin the week of the release. So popular was the Howard Vs Rudd rap <ref>[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcXkvG7F1_E Howard Vs Rudd Rap]</ref><ref>[ http://www.zooweekly.com.au/members/viewPost.php?aid=3223 Howard Vs Rudd Rap Battle on Zoo Weekly]</ref> song that even top rating Sydney radio broadcasters [[Kyle & Jackie O]] played the rap to then leader of the Opposition [[Kevin Rudd]]. |
During the 2007 Australian federal election Dan produced and directed satirical online video content for [[Fairfax Digital]], his impression of Sydney broadcaster [[Alan Jones]] <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PklD0blBnkI Fairfax Digital - Alan Jones Spoof]</ref>,<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE9RnMKhqRA Fairfax Digital – Alan Jones Spoof]</ref>,<ref>[http://media.drive.com.au/?rid=33652 Fairfax Digital – Alan Jones Spoof]</ref> poked fun at the election debates. Dan also produced and directed several clips of Australian comedy trio [[The Axis of Awesome]] fronted by his former [[Ronnie Johns]] colleague [[Jordan Raskopoulos]]. These clips were viral smash hits in the lead up the 2007 Election, and were played on every major news bulletin the week of the release. So popular was the Howard Vs Rudd rap <ref>[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcXkvG7F1_E Howard Vs Rudd Rap]</ref><ref>[ http://www.zooweekly.com.au/members/viewPost.php?aid=3223 Howard Vs Rudd Rap Battle on Zoo Weekly]</ref> song that even top rating Sydney radio broadcasters [[Kyle & Jackie O]] played the rap to then leader of the Opposition [[Kevin Rudd]]. |
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Revision as of 03:33, 28 February 2010
Dan Ilic | |
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| Born | 20 November 1981 |
| Occupation(s) | Comedian Actor Filmaker Broadcaster |
| Known for | The Ronnie Johns Half Hour Beaconsfield: The Musical Hungry Beast So where the bloody hell are you? |
| Website | [3] |
Dan Ilic (born 20 November 1981) is an Australian comedian, and filmmaker well known for controversial viral videos, his roles on The Ronnie Johns Half Hour and Hungry Beast and his play Beaconsfield: The Musical.
An accomplished filmmaker, broadcaster, comedian, and journalist Dan has had a varied career spanning television, radio and new media.
During the 2007 Australian federal election Dan produced and directed satirical online video content for Fairfax Digital, his impression of Sydney broadcaster Alan Jones [1],[2],[3] poked fun at the election debates. Dan also produced and directed several clips of Australian comedy trio The Axis of Awesome fronted by his former Ronnie Johns colleague Jordan Raskopoulos. These clips were viral smash hits in the lead up the 2007 Election, and were played on every major news bulletin the week of the release. So popular was the Howard Vs Rudd rap [4][5] song that even top rating Sydney radio broadcasters Kyle & Jackie O played the rap to then leader of the Opposition Kevin Rudd.
In 2008 Dan moved to Melbourne to direct The Mansion, a 13 part satirical news program hosted by Michael Chamberlin and Charlie Pickering for The Comedy Channel on Foxtel [6]
In February 2009 Dan produced a viral video making fun of Freeview,[7] the Australian free to air industry’s attempt to embrace Digital TV. The clip was a parody of the original Freeview television commercial, and caused an uproar in the Australian media press when the clip was pulled off You Tube by Freeview’s lawyers.[8] It was created for a show that he and Marc Fennell put on at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Massage My Medium, a stage show all about the death of network television.[9],[10],[11]
Journalism
In November 2006 Dan joined the video production unit at Fairfax Digital in the role of a video journalist, throughout his freelance journalism career Dan covered many stories across Sydney and Australia.
Dan returned to the USA in August 2008 to cover the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. His web show 51st State was created each day over the five days of the DNC, and was a mix of news, and comedy. One controversial sketch involved Dan asking the help desk at the Democratic National Convention for all of the information needed to assassinate a presidential candidate.[12]
References
- ^ Fairfax Digital - Alan Jones Spoof
- ^ Fairfax Digital – Alan Jones Spoof
- ^ Fairfax Digital – Alan Jones Spoof
- ^ [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcXkvG7F1_E Howard Vs Rudd Rap]
- ^ [ http://www.zooweekly.com.au/members/viewPost.php?aid=3223 Howard Vs Rudd Rap Battle on Zoo Weekly]
- ^ The Mansion
- ^ Freeview Spoof
- ^ Freeview behind parody video being taken off YouTube
- ^ [1] Massage My Medium
- ^ Tech Wired Article on Freeview Spoof
- ^ Crikey Article on the Freeview Spoof
- ^ [2] Episode Four -51st State
External links
- “The Official Dan Ilic” website
- Dan Ilic at IMDb
- “The Ronnie Johns Half Hour website
- A story about “Beaconsfield: A Musical In a-flat Minor”
- A story about “Beaconsfield: A musical in a-flat minor”
- An Interview conducted with Ben Grubb from Tech Wired Australia about Dan’s “Freeview Spoof”
- Downwind Media Ilic’s viral video and media production company
- Box Cutters Interview An interview with Dan Ilic and Marc Fennell about the Massage My Medium
- Beaconsfield: The Musical – The Age A review of the 2009 MICF production of Beaconsfield: The Musical