Dan Collison

Dan Collison and Long Haul Productions . Dan Collison is an independent radio and video documentary producer based in Silver Spring, Maryland and a regular contributor to National Public Radio's news magazine programs, Public Radio International's This American Life, and our own Talking History. He has worked in public radio since 1981, including several years for the Pacifica network, and four years as senior producer and editor of National Public Radio's All Things Considered (Weekend edition). In 1993, Collison founded his own not-for-profit production company, now known as Long Haul Productions (formerly, DC Productions), specializing in documentaries about people and places overlooked by mainstream media. Many of his documentaries explore the historical dimensions of American life and culture. His productions include the award-winning American Worker series, the nine-part On the Bus series, and most recently, Execution Day: Huntsville, Texas , and Scenes from a Transplant , which was awarded a prestigious DuPont-Columbia Silver baton. A video version of Scenes from a Transplant aired in December, 1999 on HBO.