Daniel M. Crown Business Profile

Dan M. Crown Founder/Producer Red Crown Productions  After 15 years in the exhibition business, Daniel Crown sold his theater circuit in 2007 and began investing in and producing independent films. In 2010, Dan founded Red Crown Productions together with Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Riva Marker. Dan is a producer on Cary Fukunaga's African child soldier film Beasts of No Nation, which was released in Fall 2015 as the first feature film acquisition distributed by Netflix. Dan is also a producer with Adama Pictures and Legende Films on HHhH, a feature chronicling the assassination of the most ruthless Nazi leader-Reich-protector Reinhard Heydrich, Head of the SS , the Gestapo, and the architect of the "Final Solution". The film will be released by The Weinstein Company in the last quarter of 2016. Dan currently serves on the Board of Lincoln Center , Lenox Hill Hospital , Hamptons International Film Festival, Connecticut Public Broadcasting , The Jerusalem Foundation , The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation , The Lollipop Theater Network , and is a Trustee of Vanderbilt University . A native of Chicago, Dan resides in New York City where he and his wife, Ellen, are the proud parents of four children.

Daniel Crown Co-founder Red Crown Productions  Coming from a family with a tradition of philanthropy, Daniel , along with his wife Ellen, continues that legacy with honor. He serves on the Board of a number of worthy and prestigious organizations, including Lincoln Center , Lenox Hill Hospital , Manhattan Eye Ear & Throat Hospital , The Jerusalem Foundation , The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America's Greater New York Chapter , the Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network and the Mount Sinai Children's Center Foundation . A native of Chicago, Daniel has been a resident of New York for more than 20 years.

Founded in 2010 by Daniel Crown and Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Red Crown is a privately financed New York-based production company. DANIEL CROWN Dan Crown founded Red Crown Productions in 2010 together with Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Riva Marker to begin investing in and producing independent films within a wide range of genres and budgets. Dan is an executive producer of the upcoming film HONEY BOY, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, written by and starring actor Shia LaBeouf, as well as Lucas Hedges. Dan produced Cary Fukunaga's African child soldier film BEASTS OF NO NATION, which was released in Fall 2015 as the first feature film acquisition distributed by Netflix. Dan currently serves on the Board of Lenox Hill Hospital , Hamptons International Film Festival, Connecticut Public Broadcasting , The Jerusalem Foundation , The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation , The Lollipop Theater Network, and the Independent Filmmaker Project.