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Dan Kolen

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Dan Kolen
A Better Life examines the effects of American immigration policy by documenting the experiences of three Mexican immigrants in the Chicagoland area.
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Dan Kolen is known for A Better Life (2009), The Paralytic and Dead Draw (2016).
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    • Known for

    A Better Life (2009)
    A Better Life
    • Director
    • 2009
    Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Poppy Drayton in The Paralytic
    The Paralytic
    • Producer
      Gil Bellows, Michael Eklund, and Elizabeth Tulloch in Dead Draw (2016)
      Dead Draw
      4.9
      • Producer
      • 2016
      The Inside Singers
      Short
      • Producer
      • 2024

      Credits

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      Producer

      • The Paralytic
        • co-producer
        • Completed
      • The Inside Singers
        Short
        • producer
        • 2024
      • Ky Dickens in Critical Condition (2019)
        Critical Condition
        Short
        • line producer
        • 2019
      • Deadly Rich (2018)
        Deadly Rich
        6.8
        TV Series
        • story producer
        • 2018
      • Gil Bellows, Michael Eklund, and Elizabeth Tulloch in Dead Draw (2016)
        Dead Draw
        4.9
        • producer
        • 2016
      • Variety Pack
        TV Series
        • producer
        • 2015
      • Crime Inc (2010)
        Crime Inc
        6.7
        TV Series
        • associate producer
        • co-producer
        • 2011
      • Jaycee Dugard in The Abduction of Jaycee Dugard (2010)
        The Abduction of Jaycee Dugard
        7.2
        TV Movie
        • associate producer
        • 2010
      • Crime Inc: Counterfeit Goods
        TV Series
        • associate producer
        • 2010
      • CNBC Investigates: Illegal Gambling
        TV Movie
        • associate producer
        • 2009
      • Retirement Revolution: The New Reality (2009)
        Retirement Revolution: The New Reality
        TV Movie
        • producer
        • 2009
      • When Weather Changed History (2008)
        When Weather Changed History
        7.6
        TV Series
        • associate producer
        • 2009
      • Gangland (2007)
        Gangland
        7.8
        TV Series
        • associate producer
        • 2008
      • Retirement Revolution (2008)
        Retirement Revolution
        TV Movie
        • assistant producer
        • 2008

      Director

      • The Inside Singers
        Short
        • directed by
        • 2024
      • Jared & Nate: A Love Story
        Short
        • Director
        • 2016
      • A Better Life (2009)
        A Better Life
        • Director
        • 2009

      Editor

      • The Inside Singers
        Short
        • editor
        • 2024
      • Jared & Nate: A Love Story
        Short
        • Editor
        • 2016

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      A Better Life
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      A Better Life

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