Dan Kamin
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Spend an Evening with Charlie Chaplin
In Funny Bones Dan invites you to experience the artistry of cinema’s greatest comedian from the inside, deconstructing Chaplin’s comedy with film clips, live demonstrations, audience participation, and a classic Chaplin short with live musical accompaniment. You’ll never look at comedy the same way again after this extraordinary two-hour program!
When Hollywood producers need physical comedy and monster movement, they call on Dan Kamin. He created the physical comedy sequences for Chaplin and Benny and Joon, and trained Robert Downey, Jr. and Johnny Depp for their acclaimed starring performances – Downey was nominated for an Oscar, and Depp for a Golden Globe Award. Dan also created the Martian Girl’s weird movement for Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks! And played the vengeful wooden Indian in the cult classic Creepshow 2.
It was Charlie Chaplin who introduced Dan to Hollywood. When Dan’s book “Charlie Chaplin’s One-Man Show” came out in 1984, Hollywood sat up and took notice. The book not only earned Dan the job of training Downey, but also of creating the film’s comedy scenes in Chaplin’s style. Downey said “Dan’s insights are amazing. He’s probably the foremost authority on Chaplin…there was really no scene that he didn’t help me with.”
Chaplin, in turn, led to Benny and Joon, for which Dan created “some of the most impressive physical comedy seen on screen since the silent era,” according to MSN.com. “It borders on comic ballet.”
Comedy fans will be glad to know that Dan’s new book, “The Comedy of Charlie Chaplin: Artistry in Motion,” has just been released.
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