The Principals
Dan Merchant, Writer/Director/Producer
A veteran of the entertainment industry, Dan makes his debut as a feature documentary director with Lord, Save Us From Your Followers. Though after being battle tested for two years shooting the movie, traveling the country and shaping 100 hours of footage into a powerful, entertaining film, he is a rookie no longer.
Dan recently optioned the screenplay You Make Me Sick, (co-written with James Melkonian), the raucous teen comedy about a high schooler who fakes a terminal illness to improve his social standing. Dan’s first novel, The Great American Stay At Home Wives Conspiracy, published by MPress, is development with Darkhorse Entertainment with Dan attached to pen the script.
Dan’s television credits include: Executive Producer/Writer of VH1’s critically acclaimed “rock and roll Twilight Zone” anthology series, Strange Frequency, hosted by The Who’s Roger Daltrey, Soccer Moms, a pilot script for CBS/Warner Bros. and the regional Emmy winning Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Dan has just completed the script Three Sunrises, a heart warming, web of life, ensemble piece about grace and is also working on the companion book to Lord, Save Us From Your Followers.
Jeff Martin, Executive Producer
In summer of 2005, Jeff set out to put together the talent and funds needed to produce Lord Save Us From Your Followers. Over the next 18 months, he focused his life and commitments to achieve the goal of getting this film made.
ABOUT US
Lightning Strikes Entertainment, LLC, is located in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Lightning Strikes was founded to create Hollywood-quality motion pictures, television, and home video that express spiritual truth through engaging stories of grace, redemption, and forgiveness. There is a void in the marketplace for wholesome mainstream entertainment; Lightning Strikes sets out to help fill that void with dramatic, moving presentations of Truth.
Dan Merchant, Writer/Director/Producer
A veteran of the entertainment industry, Dan makes his debut as a feature documentary director with Lord, Save Us From Your Followers. Though after being battle tested for two years shooting the movie, traveling the country and shaping 100 hours of footage into a powerful, entertaining film, he is a rookie no longer.
Dan recently optioned the screenplay You Make Me Sick, (co-written with James Melkonian), the raucous teen comedy about a high schooler who fakes a terminal illness to improve his social standing. Dan’s first novel, The Great American Stay At Home Wives Conspiracy, published by MPress, is development with Darkhorse Entertainment with Dan attached to pen the script.
Dan’s television credits include: Executive Producer/Writer of VH1’s critically acclaimed “rock and roll Twilight Zone” anthology series, Strange Frequency, hosted by The Who’s Roger Daltrey, Soccer Moms, a pilot script for CBS/Warner Bros. and the regional Emmy winning Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Dan has just completed the script Three Sunrises, a heart warming, web of life, ensemble piece about grace and is also working on the companion book to Lord, Save Us From Your Followers.
Jeff Martin, Executive Producer
In summer of 2005, Jeff set out to put together the talent and funds needed to produce Lord Save Us From Your Followers. Over the next 18 months, he focused his life and commitments to achieve the goal of getting this film made.
Prior to his role in Lord Save Us…, Jeff produced Nellie, A Life Worth Living, the uplifting story of a quadriplegic college football coach. It won the Crystal Heart Award at the Heartland Film Festival, Best Short Documentary at the International Family Film Festival and the Grand Jury Award at the New York International Independent Film Festival. He also was Executive Producer of the award winning short film, Quinn.
Jeff has a long career in the creative business in both New York City and Portland, Oregon. From 1985-2001 he helped build the Portland company, Creative Media Development (now CMD), in to one of the world largest corporate creative firms. He sold his share of the business in 1999 and left CMD in 2001.
ABOUT US
Lightning Strikes Entertainment, LLC, is located in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Lightning Strikes was founded to create Hollywood-quality motion pictures, television, and home video that express spiritual truth through engaging stories of grace, redemption, and forgiveness. There is a void in the marketplace for wholesome mainstream entertainment; Lightning Strikes sets out to help fill that void with dramatic, moving presentations of Truth.