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Washington University in Saint Louis. University of Southern California.
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Dan Mirvish
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In 2009, he co-authored the satirical novel I Am Martin Eisenstadt: One Manitoba"s (Wildly Inappropriate) Adventures with the Last Republicans published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Mirvish directed the film Between Us, based on the play of the same name by Joe Hortua. The four-person drama stars Taye Diggs, Melissa George, David Harbour and Julia Stiles.
The original play premiered at Manhattan Theatre Club, and Hortua and Mirvish co-wrote the screenplay adaptation.
The film had its world premiere at the Oldenburg International Film Festival, and also screened at such festivals as Athens International Film Festival, the Hamptons, Woodstock Film Festival, Slamdance Film Festival, Napa Valley Film Festival, and Whistler Film Festival. In 2004, Mirvish spearheaded the effort to get the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to reactivate their Best Original Musical Oscar category.
In a controversial move, the Academy canceled the category after Mirvish and others submitted the requisite number of films, including two by Mirvish. Mirvish is widely credited as the discoverer of the Hathaway effect, which indicates that when actress Anne Hathaway is in the news, the share price for Warren Buffett"s Berkshire Hathaway increases.
He was also a speechwriter for Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa.
Mirvish"s father, Doctor Sidney Mirvish, is a well-known cancer researcher at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
