I am so excited to be catching up with Producer Dan Watt, who I first interviewed in 2022 with the release of his documentary, EVERYBODY DANCE.

EVERYBODY DANCE explores the everyday challenges and blessings of kids living with neurological disabilities, following 5 kids, their families and dance teacher on a journey through life and toward their dance recital.

After a decade in the corporate world, working for Columbia Pictures and Simon Cowell, at 45-years-old, Dan Watt took the leap into entrepreneurship, starting his own independent production company, DancinDan Productions.

In this NEW interview, Dan once again answered my call, but this time around he shares:

• His journey from performer to producer
• What made him, at 45-years-old, leave his corporate job and leap into entrepreneurship
• His biggest lesson as an entrepreneur
• Why he wanted EVERYBODY DANCE to be his first documentary
• Some personal stories about his Golden Girls, Bea Arthur and Betty White
• So much more

Connect with Dan: Website, Instagram

Since our last interview, EVERYBODY DANCE has won a 2024 Emmy Award in the Independent Programming category at the 76th Annual Emmy Awards.

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, so for the entire month of March, you can watch Dan's documentary, EVERYBODY DANCE, for free on Amazon Prime and Tubi.

More EVERYBODY DANCE Interviews:

2022 (Read Here): Dan Watt: EVERYBODY DANCE Documentary - Making Dance Accessible to All Bodies

2022 (Read Here): Lynne Shankel: Making Thunder with Music: EVERYBODY DANCE Documentary

More on Dan Watt:

Dan Watt is the 2024 Emmy Award Winning Producer & Director of the documentary EVERYBODY DANCE.

Dan worked for 5 years at Columbia Pictures in the film development department on such films as HOUSE BUNNY with Anna Farris and Just Go With It with Jenifer Aniston and Adam Sandler. Dan then went on to work with Simon Cowell for 5 years starting with the documentary film about the band ONE DIRECTION titled THIS IS US.

Prior to Dan’s film career he produced Gala Fundraisers with Bea Arthur, Chita Rivera, Dixie Carter, Carol Channing and Melissa Manchester. Dan also produced Tony Nominee, Anika Larsen’s debut cd SING ME TO SLEEP and songs with Ben Vereen.

He is currently in production on an “untitled” documentary with Tony and Pulitzer Prizer wining producer Daryl Roth and a documentary with Rosie O’Donnell.