Dan Sallitt is an American critic, screenwriter and film director known for his microbudget filmmaking and "cinephile" film criticism. Born on 27 July 1955 in Pennsylvania, Sallitt moved to Los Angeles in 1976 where he became first-string film critic of the Los Angeles Reader from 1983 to 1985. He has written film criticism for many outlets, including Slate, the Chicago Reader, MUBI.com, Masters of Cinema, and the Toronto Film Festival. He maintains the film blog Thanks for the Use of the Hall.
Dan Sallitt has 29 screen credits in a career dating back to 1986. Signature works include Caterina, Fourteen, The Unspeakable Act. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
