Jump to content

User:Danhabib/sandbox

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Daniel J. "Dan" Habib (born June 15, 1965) is an American film director, producer, cinematographer, and photographer.

Creator of award-winning documentary films that focus on intellectual, emotional, and developmental disabilities including Who Cares About Kelsey?, Restraint & Seclusion: Hear Our Stories, Including Samuel (which chronicles the life of his own son Samuel, who has cerebral palsy), and many other short films on disability-related topics. He is currently the filmmaker for the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire.

In 2014, he was appointed by President Barack Obama to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities--a committee that promotes policies and initiatives that support independence and lifelong inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.