DANI SHEAR            

With a background in comedy and improv that began at Northwestern University and continued when she moved to L.A. and trained with The Groundlings, Dani’s been addicted to making people laugh.  Her one person shows (So, Call Me A Late Bloomer) and (New Girl) that she wrote and performed were featured at the HBO Workspace (Hollywood), PS-NBC (NYC) and PRT (Venice).  Dani has also performed on Broadway in Les Miserables and all over the United States.

Dani wrote, directed and produced two short films. The first, Clown, garnered her a “Best First Time Female Director” award at the Independent Shorts Awards in Los Angeles as well as being a nominee for “Best Short” and “Best Comedy” at numerous film festivals including Cannes Indie Shorts Awards and the Simi Valley Film Fest. Her second short film that she wrote/directed/produced entitled Cross My Heart is now being edited.

 After winning the Grand Prize at Slamdance for her TV pilot, Ex, she received a blind script deal with Fox.  Dani sold a pilot to them entitled TheTRUEword about a young, neurotic, female food blogger who becomes the food critic for the NY Times.  

 Dani has written humor pieces for Modern Mom, Fresh Schools, Red Typewriter and Baby Names, some of which have over 2 million subscribers.  She has also written for the LA Times “Rules Of Hollywood” column. 

 Dani’s first children’s book, “The Foodie Club” was published in 2014 by Blackbird Books. Her second book “Little Luke And The Ghoster Coaster” was co-authored with Robin Afrasiabi and was published in 2016. Dani’s latest children’s book “Suki the Silkworm” came out in fall of 2022.

 Additional projects include two half hour pilots, Strictly Roommates and Hot Manny, and a family comedy feature entitled Group Hug. 

Dani is an educator and also loves teaching the art of improvisation. She has taught at The Buckley School. University Synagogue , WBT and TIOH.