Dan Levy
- Emmy Award-Winning Writer, Actor, Director, and Producer
- Co-Creator and star of 'Schitt's Creek'
- Speaker on Creativity and Inclusivity
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Dan Levy on Good Grief, overcoming self-doubt, and the one book he recommends to new screenwriters
Dan Levy Speaker Biography
Daniel Levy is an Emmy® Award-winning showrunner, writer, actor, director, and producer, best known for his work on one of the most beloved shows on television, Schitt’s Creek, which he co-created with his father Eugene Levy. For its sixth and final season, the series received nine Emmy wins, becoming the most awarded comedy series in a single year. The show also broke major records for being the first comedy or drama series to sweep all four acting categories and received the most wins for a comedy series in its final season. Levy and his father were also the first father-son pair to win Emmys in the same year, while Levy personally tied the record for most wins by an individual in a single season with four total wins.
Schitt’s Creek garnered countless awards and nominations over the years, most notably sweeping the 2020 Emmys by winning Best Comedy Series, Best Comedy Actor, Best Comedy Actress, Best Comedy Supporting Actor, Best Comedy Supporting Actress, Best Comedy Writing, Best Comedy Directing, Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series and Outstanding Contemporary Costumes. Additionally for its final season which aired in 2020, the show was nominated for five Golden Globe Award nominations, winning two for Best Musical or Comedy Television Series and Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Television Series, earned five Critics Choice Award nominations and secured two wins for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actress in a Comedy Series, five SAG Award nominations and two wins for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble and Actress in a Comedy Series, two GLAAD Media Award wins for Best Comedy Series, two TCA Awards including Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, a Costume Design Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Television, among many others.
Most recently, Levy appeared in the romantic comedy Happiest Season for Hulu and made his hosting debut on Saturday Night Live.
DAN LEVY is brilliant, charming, and funny, and audiences love him. Meeting planners find him a joy to work with, and he always--always--delivers. As the creator, writer, actor, director, and producer of the multi-Emmy Award-winning Schitt’s Creek, one of the most beloved television shows, Dan's passion for creativity and courage shines through and leaves audiences inspired ready to step into their lives more fully and with intention.
