Daniel Burwen

Daniel Burwen is a storyteller working at the intersection of art and technology. Since 2001, he has worked across a variety of creative industries from graphic design to video games (EA, Activision), to interactive media (Disney Imagineering, Lucasfilm, USC) to VR (Jaunt).

Daniel is currently Director of Experience for JauntVR, leading the design efforts for new interfaces of film and media. Prior, he helmed Cognito Comics, where he crafted and shipped CIA : Operation Ajax, an award winning 210 page interactive graphic novel for the iPad. In addition to winning awards and being downloaded over 100,000 times, Ajax was recently published in print by Verso Books.

In addition to serving as a judge for the Webby Awards, Daniel is an international speaker on interactive storytelling. He has presented at venues such as SXSW, San Diego Comicon, Culture Tech, Ambulante, and IDFA Doclabs

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