Dan Olmsted grew up in Palo Alto, California, and
studied 16mm film production while in high school
there.  He attended UC Santa Cruz, receiving a degree in Literature, and then spent several years as a performing musician.  He toured and recorded with a number of popular groups, and his discography includes albums by Carmaig de Forest, New EZ Devils, Mushroom, and more.

His interest in film brought him back to the Bay Area, where he studied film as a graduate student at SF State University.  While enrolled there he joined the staff of Berkeley's Saul Zaentz Film Center, a facility which produces sound tracks for feature films.  Dan has been on the staff at Saul Zaentz for more than fifteen years, working mostly as a re-recording mixer.  His credits are varied, and include films by John Waters, Joan Chen, Anthony Minghella and many local filmmakers.

Dan has taught at City College since 1996.  He teaches "Sound for Film" in the Film Department and "Audio Production Lab" in the Broadcast Electronic Media Arts Department.  He periodically conducts seminars at the Film Arts
Foundation, and assists at Stanford University's Documentary Film program.
 
 
 
 
 

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