Dan Perrault is an American

television writer A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

and

producer Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...

. He is best-known for the TV series ''

American Vandal ''American Vandal'' is an American mockumentary television series created by Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda that premiered on September 15, 2017, on Netflix. The series is a parody of true crime documentaries such as ''Making a Murderer'' and ''Se ...

'', for which he won a

Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...

Career

In 2011, Perrault co-founded the production company Woodhead Entertainment along with his writing partner, Tony Yacenda, and producing partner,

Sean Carrigan Sean Carrigan (born May 16, 1974) is an American actor, producer, stand-up comedian, and former professional boxer best known for his turn as Dr. Ben "Stitch" Rayburn on the hit CBS daytime drama ''The Young and the Restless''. Carrigan is a ...

. In 2016, Perrault served as co-creator, writer and executive producer for the series True crime " mockumentary", ''

on Netflix.'' In 2021,

Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri ...

purchased the rights to Perrault's original screenplay, '' Strays''.

Josh Greenbaum Josh Greenbaum is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has won an MTV Movie Award, CINE Golden Eagle and Emmy Award. He directed the feature documentary '' The Short Game'', winner of the SXSW Audience Award, which was acqui ...

is to direct, with Phil Lord and

Chris Miller Chris or Christopher Miller may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Chris Miller (writer) (born 1942), American comedy author and screenwriter *Chris Miller (animator) (born 1968), American voice actor and director * Christopher Miller (filmmaker) ( ...

producing. Also in 2021, Perrault will serve as co-creator, writer and executive producer on Paramount+, for ''

Players Players may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media * ''Players'' (1979 film), a film starring Ali MacGraw * ''Players'' (2012 film), a Bollywood film * ''Players'' (Dicks novel), a novel by Terrance Dicks, based on the television series ''Doc ...

,'' along with long time writing partner, Tony Yacenda.

''American Vandal''

Perrault created, wrote and executive produced Season 1 of ''American Vandal'' and returned for Season 2. ''Vandal'' was Netflix's most binge-watched show of 2017. On April 19, 2018, ''American Vandal'' won a 2017 Peabody Award for Entertainment. In July 2018, it was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

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