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Daniel F. Berkowitz was born in 1949. His father was an attorney, and his mother was a teacher. He grew up in Jersey City. Berkowitz' didn't approve of his son's career in the theater.
1970
Dan Berkowitz during his studies at Princeton University.
2008
West Hollywood, California, United States
Dan Berkowitz attended the Los Angeles Gay Pride Mayor's Reception at the Factory on June 4, 2008, in West Hollywood.
2013
Dan Berkowitz with Ivy Bottini at the 2013 Rainbow Key Awards ceremony.
2013
Dan Berkowitz (left) at the 2013 Rainbow Key Awards ceremony.
Dan Berkowitz was a West Coast member liaison of The Dramatists Guild of America.
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Daniel F. Berkowitz was born in 1949. His father was an attorney, and his mother was a teacher. He grew up in Jersey City. Berkowitz' didn't approve of his son's career in the theater.
Dan Berkowitz earned a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University. While at Princeton, he belonged to Colonial Club and majored in history. His great loves were Theatre Intime, where he was executive producer; and the Princeton Debate Panel, where he won the Junior Oratorical Medal. He went on to graduate work in drama at the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied with famed acting teacher Stella Adler. Berkowitz was an active member of the Princeton Bisexual, Transgender, Gay, and Lesbian Alumni group.
Dan Berkowitz moved to California when his play, "A…My Name Is Still Alice," was produced at San Diego's Old Globe Theater. His one-man show, "Crime and Punishment: The Musical," debuted in New York in 2009, and his short play, "Pretty," premiered at Turtle Shell Theatre in New York in 2010.
In addition to being the author of a number of commissioned screenplays and teleplays, Berkowitz served as the principal scriptwriter for The Movie Channel's hosted format, writing for on-air hosts Robert Osborne and Michele Russell, as well as such guest hosts as James Earl Jones, Christopher Reeve, Run-DMC, Joan Fontaine, and Little Richard. He also served as a personal critic for numerous writers through his script consulting services. Since 1997, he had served for 10 years as co-chair of the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights. Berkowitz was a columnist for Dramatist, a contributor to periodicals, including Los Angeles Confidential, and became a theatre critic for The Los Angeles Post in 2015.
Berkowitz was a past president of the Tom of Finland Foundation (ToFF). Its purpose is to educate the public on the cultural merits of erotic art and to promote healthier, more tolerant attitudes about sexuality. Among the many things Berkowitz accomplished here, was a campaign he spearheaded to perform several essential repairs to the Foundation's headquarters, some exacerbated by a 1994 earthquake. He will be remembered for coordinating events with ToFF volunteers and contributions to our newsletter.
Dan Berkowitz was active in civic affairs. He was a member of West Hollywood's Lesbian and Gay Advisory Board for many years along with other prominent LGBT figures such as Ivy Bottini, Bill Gordon, Ben McCormick, Jimmy Palmieri, Sue Sexton, Nadia Sutton, and Ruth Tittle. As a board member, Berkowitz spoke out in 2011 when a controversy erupted over the city's Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission's refusal to approve an exhibit of erotic male art at the West Hollywood Park Auditorium. The exhibition was the city's 16th annual West Hollywood-Los Angeles Erotic Art Fair, sponsored by the Tom of Finland Foundation. Berkowitz opposed the Arts Commission's decision, and the City Council eventually overruled it and let the art fair take place. "The most alarming thing is none of the people on that commission are our enemies," Berkowitz said, "When the LGBT community is attempting to censor its own…things are really in trouble."
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According to his friends, Dan Berkowitz was a very social, hard-working, and wit person.