Dan Shelby

Dan Shelby was born in Los Angeles, and was raised in the San Fernando Valley. He starred on his school basketball teams with tremendous skills and athletic ability. Dan averaged over 29 to 30 points a game in his Freshman and Sophomore Year but transferred to another high school for his Junior and Senior Year and played for a horrible head coach that absolutely hindered his performance. Dan was still able to average over 21 points per game under toxic and dreadful conditions. He went on to play college basketball but realized that coaches had very political agendas. This injustice was his first inspiration for "Faded Dreams."

He decided to pursue acting and began to get cast in independent films. One day while he was having dinner with a good friend, the idea came out that Dan should write a film based on his own experiences as a basketball player. Dan then started talking to former basketball players and got some feedback that was very similar to his experiences with coaches. With the help of one of those players, they began to write a script which led to production. Dan went on to star as the lead actor, and he also directed and produced "Faded Dreams."

Despite never setting foot in film school, Dan's feature film. "Faded Dreams" turned out to be a very successful independent film. "Faded Dreams" also brought other jobs for Dan as an actor and producer. Those jobs include "Bloody Nightmares", as a lead actor and producer. Dan is known for his hard-driving dramatic acting, but enjoys being versatile in comedies such as "Private Security Officer: Los Angeles," (lead actor), meanwhile all of his films have had have high demand on retailers like Netflix and Tubi. With the success of those films, Dan has teamed up once again with his business partners to produce and star in the sexy cult comedy "Snatched!" "Snatched!" has also enjoyed success in the independent market. Dan Shelby continues to work on his own films while auditioning in numerous other projects as well.