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Production Designer

Ontario District Council

Profile Overview

Profile Overview

Dan has been fortunate to work around the world: Europe, South East Asia, the United States and Canada on a variety of projects: Dan Yarhi\u2019s Design Credits include : \u201cAll Saints Day\u201d, \u201cBetween Strangers\u201d, \u201cLove Letters\u201d, \u201cWelcome Home\u201d, and \u201cThe Big Town\u201d. He Art Directed such high-profile projects as Three Men and a Baby, Dolores Claiborne, Cinderella Man, Blues Brothers 2000, Murder at 1600, The Repossesion Mambo and Taxi. Working with such stars as : Russell Crowe, Sophia Loren, Martin Sheen, Eva-Marie Saint, Jude Law, Forrest Whittaker, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Jon Voight, Olympia Dukakis, Renée Zellweger, Laura Linnie, Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Cathy Bates , Jennifer Jason- Lee, John Savage, Allan Alda, Mira Sorvino, Gerard Depardieu, Kris Kristofferson, Matt Dillon, Peter Postelthwaite, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Malcolm McDowell, JoBeth Williams, Sam Waterston, Burt Reynolds, Wesley Snipes, Danny Aiello, Kirstie Alley, Jason Gedrick, Joe Mantegna, Robert Wuhl, Patsy Kensit, Deborah Kara Unger, Theresa Russell and many more wonderful actors. Among his television credits are the legendary S.C.T.V. show, CBC TV\u2019s Seeing Things, the six-hour mini-series Mario Puzo\u2019s The Last Don, Part II; and more recently, the movies-of-the-week Love Letters, A Holiday Romance, Second String and the mini-series, And Never Let Her Go. He was the art director on Emily, Emily; Jeeves Takes Charge, and The Nutcracker with Mikail Barishnikov, for PBS. Born in Cairo of Italian and Sephardic parents he has a working knowledge of French, Italian, Spanish & some Arabic. Yarhi lived briefly in Cyprus and Rome with his family before they emigrated to Canada in 1957. While studying pre-law at the University of Toronto, his interest shifted to theatre, where he was designing Stage Sets, and Lighting. During the next five years, he became a \

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